Got a tip on some bushmasters coming in at $2100. Sorely tempted, but I just brought an M14…
I’d much, much rather have the M14, Oswald. Still no word on my licence, so the Marlin is languishing in Townsville… :rant
Looks like we might get a thunderstorm and rain here tomorrow…the first in more than six weeks. :whoop
$2100? Man you guys are getting hosed.What gives crazy import licences or anti-gun lunacy?
Heck for $950 you can get an American made HK91 clone.
We get screwed over on all kinds of products, Darin. A drum of vinyl-ester resin which retails for around $350 in the States costs close to $2000 here, and it’s made locally. There are dozens of similar examples and the size of the market doesn’t explain the huge differences. (those numbers are from memory and out of date, but I doubt they’ve changed that much).
So those job adverts we get here offering $120,000/year driving a haul truck aren’t paying so good after all?
Canada is the same way,nearly everything is 30-40% higher,even the exact same item sold by the same company on both sides of the boarder.So much for NAFTA.Probably has something to do with their semi-socialized medicine.
They were about $5500 a few years ago and are currently about $2800-3500.
$5500?
Indeed!
Probably more practical to spend the money on ammo and a good holographic sight (my eyes are not what they were) And maybe a supressor…
I got a good red dot sight for the Marlin for $150, Os. We’ll see how it goes. If no good I’ll replace it with a 4x shotgun ‘scope.
I got to play with an M4 with an Eotech L3 /green laser combo on top and milspec green tip 5.56 rounds.
Scary accurate out to 100yards.Gun also had a flip mounted magnifier.
Here too,in fact it costs more than my whole Varmint AR15 did.
If I were younger I would join the Army and erh…uh appropriate some stuff,ya,that’s it appropriate :popcorn
Yes indeed….unauthorized retention of equipment is a tradition in the Army. Ask Oswald..
The terrible tragedy today was me missing the NIB Ruger MK III .22lr pistol fluted stainless,8-7/8″ target barrel,rosewood grips and two extra mags $495.
I was watching the bid and fell asleep in the last 5 minutes
be nice in .22Mag…
:roll
It’s the combination of Stainless steel and sex that does it
Climate Change
Qld Gov’t to force PV owners to sell all their electricity to retailers.
“The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA), in a recently released issues paper, has suggested that solar PV owners only be paid the wholesale market value of electricity for all generation their systems produce.
Through the introduction of “gross metering” owners of PV systems would have to export all their generation to the grid, receiving around 8 cents per kilowatt-hour. They could not use the generation from their systems to meet their own consumption needs thereby avoiding purchasing electricity from their electricity retailer, which is charged at a price of around 20 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour.”
?
HUH?? :wtf
Open house and no beer? Where is the beer? :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers
Vodka will be fine too.
oops! Sorry, Katie. Beer’s in the fridge under that pile of junk in the corner.
Got a tip on some bushmasters coming in at $2100. Sorely tempted, but I just brought an M14…
I’d much, much rather have the M14, Oswald. Still no word on my licence, so the Marlin is languishing in Townsville… :rant
Looks like we might get a thunderstorm and rain here tomorrow…the first in more than six weeks. :whoop
$2100? Man you guys are getting hosed.What gives crazy import licences or anti-gun lunacy?
For $2100 here you get an AR-10 in 7.62NATO with fluted stainless barrel,chromed bolt and still have $500 left over for glass and goodies.
http://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=257
Heck for $950 you can get an American made HK91 clone.
We get screwed over on all kinds of products, Darin. A drum of vinyl-ester resin which retails for around $350 in the States costs close to $2000 here, and it’s made locally. There are dozens of similar examples and the size of the market doesn’t explain the huge differences. (those numbers are from memory and out of date, but I doubt they’ve changed that much).
So those job adverts we get here offering $120,000/year driving a haul truck aren’t paying so good after all?
Canada is the same way,nearly everything is 30-40% higher,even the exact same item sold by the same company on both sides of the boarder.So much for NAFTA.Probably has something to do with their semi-socialized medicine.
They were about $5500 a few years ago and are currently about $2800-3500.
Indeed!
Probably more practical to spend the money on ammo and a good holographic sight (my eyes are not what they were) And maybe a supressor…
I got a good red dot sight for the Marlin for $150, Os. We’ll see how it goes. If no good I’ll replace it with a 4x shotgun ‘scope.
I got to play with an M4 with an Eotech L3 /green laser combo on top and milspec green tip 5.56 rounds.
Scary accurate out to 100yards.Gun also had a flip mounted magnifier.
Think this was the model-
http://www.cflgunandtactical.com/servlet/the-113/EOTECH-MPO-II-3X/Detail
The sight is just too expensive here, Darin.
Here too,in fact it costs more than my whole Varmint AR15 did.
If I were younger I would join the Army and erh…uh appropriate some stuff,ya,that’s it appropriate :popcorn
Yes indeed….unauthorized retention of equipment is a tradition in the Army. Ask Oswald..
The terrible tragedy today was me missing the NIB Ruger MK III .22lr pistol fluted stainless,8-7/8″ target barrel,rosewood grips and two extra mags $495.
I was watching the bid and fell asleep in the last 5 minutes
be nice in .22Mag…
:roll
It’s the combination of Stainless steel and sex that does it
Climate Change
Qld Gov’t to force PV owners to sell all their electricity to retailers.
http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/qld-govt-force-pv-owners-sell-all-their-electricity-retailers?utm_source=Climate%2BSpectator%2Bdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Climate%2BSpectator%2Bdaily&utm_source=Climate+Spectator&utm_campaign=cc68119be3-CSPEC_DAILY&utm_medium=email
“The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA), in a recently released issues paper, has suggested that solar PV owners only be paid the wholesale market value of electricity for all generation their systems produce.
Through the introduction of “gross metering” owners of PV systems would have to export all their generation to the grid, receiving around 8 cents per kilowatt-hour. They could not use the generation from their systems to meet their own consumption needs thereby avoiding purchasing electricity from their electricity retailer, which is charged at a price of around 20 to 30 cents per kilowatt-hour.”
?
HUH?? :wtf
Open house and no beer? Where is the beer? :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers
Vodka will be fine too.
oops! Sorry, Katie. Beer’s in the fridge under that pile of junk in the corner.
OK thanks. I’ve got the pretzels.
:cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers :cheers
Just stay clear of the spaghetti sauce,it was last used to Cauterize wounds in the Civil War
A gross libel! It was last used in WW2 and beginning to mature nicely….
One for the kiddies “Farm It Maybe”
http://youtu.be/e3kwdue5XS0
Felipe Massa and Marc Gene lead a record breaking parade of Ferraris at Silverstone
http://youtu.be/9tsbDppWgQQ
sigh……..so many Ferraris, so little money…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Zimbabwe_$100_trillion_2009_Obverse.jpg
Why didn’t you tell me that money is the problem !