The primer thing is odd. How many in a small batch? I don't bother with military primers in AR's, M1's or M1 carbines. Generally use Winchester of whatever size.
Expansion looks really good on the half and half version. I'm not surprised the wheel weight doesn't expand. I've read that the high antimony content makes the wheel weight alloy brittle, which makes sense given your rifle tests.
I agree with E.Shell, I wouldn't worry about the velocity if it's an accurate load; as long as there are no signs of excessive pressure. Difficult bolt lift compared to normal, difficult extraction, significantly flattened primers, primers flowing into the firing pin hole, etc.
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I believe they are to keep the projectile from being forced back into the case if loaded into a tubular magazine. Or for some other reason get's pressure from the front of the projectile.
I have a couple of Remington 11-48's. I'll have to pull the forearm off and see what kind of friction rings are in them. Haven't shot or had them apart in a while. I assume the set up is similar.
I did check just to make sure, mostly because I saw a sign in the local UPS a few months ago that they would not ship firearms, parts or ammo. At that time I'm pretty sure their web site had instructions how to ship that kind of thing. Not sure when exactly that was.
I'm sure they caved...
I haven't done this in a while. Learn something new every day. I have sold handguns on gunbroker and shipped them UPS myself but it's been a while. Anyway, has to be through a dealer now; not surprising.
Suggest payment by USPS money order only. Don't ship until payment is received. Little chance of you being scammed that way. Personally I wouldn't send extra pics to a cell phone, I'd add more pics to the listing and tell the bidder what you've done.
You can ship to the buyers FFL but get a...
Does anyone know how early one is allowed to renew their HQL? My expires in January 2024 and I tried to renew today and was not able too. I want to give it more than 14 days :)
No pun intended but let the dealer deal with the paperwork. As for the tax it's actually a "Titling Tax". Since the car won't be titled in MD you shouldn't have to pay it at all, so you shouldn't be out anything.
Take it to an FFL in MD, they put it in their bound book the transfer it back out to your Son doing the MD paperwork in the process. Or, ship it to an FFL in MD then same deal. I've never used one that charged $10, the MSP charge $10 cheapest I've found is another $40.