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    S&W's sales down 48.5% compared to last year...

    Hardly "stunning." Jewelry is priced on "keystone" or 100% markup every time it gets sold. The manufacturer sells it to a wholesaler = 100%. The wholesaler sells it to the distributor = 100%. The wholesaler sells it to the retailer = 100%. The retailer sells it to the customer = 100%. Now...
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    Firearm on layaway etiquette

    You need to ask him "why"? A lot of the financial planners are simply telling you this because that's what their standard investment planning guidelines tell them you need. There's no reason you really "need" $50K available if you have a cash plan as part of your entire investment strategy...
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    Firearm on layaway etiquette

    Selling stock isn't difficult if you know how to do it. I have a direct account with Pershing - the clearing house for buying and selling stock. Any transaction (buy / sell) costs 42 cents - and you wonder how people like Ameritrad and Scott Trade can offer "low trade" costs. Simple, it...
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    Firearm on layaway etiquette

    If you're younger (I'm not) you can afford to invest in stocks and speculate on stock price appreciation alone as the payoff for the investment. I need regular cash flow - so I don't do that. If you want cash, you need to invest in instruments that pay interest like short term corporate bonds...
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    Question regarding ITAR and gunsmiths

    The ITAR Part 120 8 USC 1101(a)(20) So the ITAR definition of a "U.S. person" is from a United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and it is not different from any other definition used by the US government. If you are not a citizen of the US, but have been "lawfully admitted for...
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    Question regarding ITAR and gunsmiths

    I'm not sure I understand this statement. "ITAR" is International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) at the State Department. ITAR (regulations) are "the feds" since it is a United States Government regulation administered by the...
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    Question regarding ITAR and gunsmiths

    Not according to the BATF. Question: Answer:
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    Thoughts from the gunsmithing counter

    I worked as an engineer for 30 years. Two things, which I could not control, often had more effect on the outcome of the final design than I did - the client and management. You might not like the final design when you have to build it, but you're not the guy caught between the proverbial hard...
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    Out Of Control Range Officers

    Before you report anybody you need to read and understand the range rules. It could be that YOU were breaking one of the rules. You need to verify the rules before you report anyone. Exactly. Which is why you need to find out whether you were following the rules or not. If you were...
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    Why do you own guns?

    I have to question the statistics given as xx number of guns per 1,000 residents. Firearms are not registered in the State of New Mexico, any number given as xx / 1,000 is purely an extrapolation of some type as the State does not track gun sales. Where did the numbers come from and how did...
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    Think before you speak

    Uh..huh...that's what we hear all the time on Internet gun forums. I just figure the people you're shooting with aren't very good. When you win a regional IPSC or USPSA championship with "those guns" - then I'm a believer. Until then, the claims fall into the camp fire stories after...
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    COLT Layoffs ?

    Can you explain this statement further? Since 1994, 85% of Colt has been privately owned by Zilkha & Company, a financial group that is owned by Donald Zilkha. How can the Connecticut Teacher's Retirement System have any affect on Colt, if Colt is owned by Zilkha & Co.?
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    What goes into the sales price of a firearm in the US?

    In addition to what you've outlined, I can think of: Overhead costs: rent / lease / mortgage, facility / equipment insurance, real estate taxes, fixed asset taxes, cost production equipment (purchase or lease), utilities, salaries, benefits, training, office equipment (purchase or lease)...
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    Proposition 63 in California: Extremely poor journalism

    The major problem with journalism today is that the media, in general, have abandoned simply reporting facts in favor of advocacy journalism. They are more intent on skewing the story to fit the agenda than accurate reporting. In the past, this type of advocacy journalism was balanced to some...
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    Shake your head questions

    I prefer the MattV2009 term "clipazine" as it's all inclusive...
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    Looking to develop a non toxic gun oil.

    Have you looked at Gunzilla? It qualifies for the USDA Bio Preferred Product program.
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    Wounded Indianapolis officer confronts law protecting gun sellers

    1. Obviously, you've never worked retail in a busy store. 2. There is the distinct possibility that the person buying the gun dealt with two different sales people.
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    Spotting scope: glass or camera

    Spotting scopes are relatively simple pieces of optical design. The difficult part of the optical design for a spotting scope is the eyepiece. The eyepiece for my spotting scope was $450 - and that's really not an expensive eyepiece. Can you get a spotting scope for $200 - $300? Yes you...
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    Transition To Carry At Home

    Criminals like convenience. I make it inconvenient for them. They have to climb over a 5-1/2 foot high fence to get to my house. Then they have to get over a 4-foot high fence or over a 6-foot high wall to gain access to any door or window at my house. However, the dog will let me know...
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    Why air rifles at Olympics?

    Air guns have been used since the 1700's. Lewis and Clark carried air rifles (Girandoni air rifle). The Girandoni air rifle was used by the Austrian army from about 1780 to 1815. The point being - air rifles have a long history and are as viable a weapon as firearms that use gun powder...
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