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- Mar 20, 2023
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Dang its been a wild ride indeed on this ML journey. Having just got back into ML, things have changed a lot since 1990. My free gun no longer has parts for it. That was a huge bummer that had me thinking of ways to trade it for something "better" that had parts available. While familiarizing myself with the gun, I found that it's in excellent shape and should last a long time if taken care of properly. There was some excitement getting to know each and every part and handling the gun as I cleaned every nook and cranny.
I go and try out the smoker. Holds good groups for a half blind shooter right off the bat with 100gr of pyro and 240gr 45cal sabot. NICE! I have a few caps and a few bullets. Time to stock up! I ordered 5lb of soft lead from rotometals, lee mold from amazon. I went out and about searching for more lead, melted some down, made me some home made lube. I'm really set up with bullets etc. Time for powder and caps. Um.. ugh. errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Caps and powder? Walmart? Cabela's? Ebay? Amazon?
Ok. Midsouth shooters? No. Anywhere online? No. (this is getting stupid!) I tried Canada? No. Mexico? No. Germany? No. Scalpers at online auction sites? Yes, set you back $300 or so. NO NO NO. Found a thread: Check local mom and pop stores. Called all morning for hours all through the state. After about an hour and a half, I was referred to a gentleman that said yes. Boy how that went down.
My wife called this guy. He runs a pretty nice pawn shop. She said in her sweet southern accent, "do you have any number eleven percussion caps?) He responded with, "I have some number tens." She told him no, that she needs 11's. He told her to let him check the other building. He comes back and tells her that he has some 11's at 9.99 each and has a limit of 1 per customer. (I told my wife he knows what he has and bless him for having the limit, but two would be really nice so I brought her along as a second shooter that needed a tin of caps.) The guy was great. Really nice to talk to. He was hiding the 11's for a reason! If you're really in need of caps or powder, bullets, etc in Logan, Lincoln, Boone, Wyoming counties, this guy will hook you up. He also has an excellent selection of guns. Very great to deal with. This is not an advertisement I just know caps are hard to find and this guy can help you out. I don't really want to post the name of the business, but I will freely tell you in a pm? If this is not allowed, no worries if you have to delete this I'm sorry just trying to help and share a story.
I go and try out the smoker. Holds good groups for a half blind shooter right off the bat with 100gr of pyro and 240gr 45cal sabot. NICE! I have a few caps and a few bullets. Time to stock up! I ordered 5lb of soft lead from rotometals, lee mold from amazon. I went out and about searching for more lead, melted some down, made me some home made lube. I'm really set up with bullets etc. Time for powder and caps. Um.. ugh. errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Caps and powder? Walmart? Cabela's? Ebay? Amazon?
Ok. Midsouth shooters? No. Anywhere online? No. (this is getting stupid!) I tried Canada? No. Mexico? No. Germany? No. Scalpers at online auction sites? Yes, set you back $300 or so. NO NO NO. Found a thread: Check local mom and pop stores. Called all morning for hours all through the state. After about an hour and a half, I was referred to a gentleman that said yes. Boy how that went down.
My wife called this guy. He runs a pretty nice pawn shop. She said in her sweet southern accent, "do you have any number eleven percussion caps?) He responded with, "I have some number tens." She told him no, that she needs 11's. He told her to let him check the other building. He comes back and tells her that he has some 11's at 9.99 each and has a limit of 1 per customer. (I told my wife he knows what he has and bless him for having the limit, but two would be really nice so I brought her along as a second shooter that needed a tin of caps.) The guy was great. Really nice to talk to. He was hiding the 11's for a reason! If you're really in need of caps or powder, bullets, etc in Logan, Lincoln, Boone, Wyoming counties, this guy will hook you up. He also has an excellent selection of guns. Very great to deal with. This is not an advertisement I just know caps are hard to find and this guy can help you out. I don't really want to post the name of the business, but I will freely tell you in a pm? If this is not allowed, no worries if you have to delete this I'm sorry just trying to help and share a story.
