R.L.

We've been a small job shop for many years. At one time we had coal fire pots for forging air steel, but I'm now switching over to gas. It's not traditional, it's not quite as hot, but it's a whole lot faster to heat up work. We have older models Swedish Kohlswa anvils, my largest being 91 kilo's/200 lbs, single bick. Great anvils, but just like guns BIGGER IS ALWAYS BETTER with anvils! So now on to buying new anvils today. As most blacksmiths know good anvils are a real PITA to find, especially a nice Peter Wright , Kohlswa or Hay Budden. And quite expensive. I'm now wanting a 3-450 lb anvil so I start looking. I find Ridge Tools is marketing a "Peddinghaus" anvil & according to them, Made In Germany!! So I get excited as this "was" a very fine German manufacturer of anvils. But another part of me says,company buyout, mass production of hand tools/big corporate mind set and big profits is incongruent with manufacturing quality anvils. It takes a lot of time to cast or forge, then heat-treat a good anvil. But I put that thought out of my mind right now. I start to read that the paint job on these anvils is crap on a number of blacksmith blogs but who cares right...your pounding steel, not polishing a Bentley. After doing comprehensive online research for hour's I decide to search Alibaba, just for fun to see who's making what in the third world. Low and behold I see anvils, made by Ripu Impex in India. HMMM, that anvil really looks like the Peddinghaus anvil which Rideg Tool says is made in Germany. I look at their line of anvils and the pics are absolutely 100% the same anvil that Ridge Tool advertises as made in Germany!! I checked out close up pics, it is without a doubt the same anvil. So I now go to Graingers...yea Graingers of all places is listed as a Ridge/Peddinghaus anvil distributor. They are selling the 275 lb anvil model #69642 for $2600!! Most other distributors are around $1900. At the very bottom of the anvil model #, I see a disclaimer. "The country of origin for this product may change at any time." At least Grainger is being half way honest or making a minimum effort to avoid a law suit for not being honest about the country of origin for this product. My assessment is that they are trying to capitalize on the Old Peddinghaus name and being made in Germany. Rope em in with fake advertising, then pull the ol' switch-er-oo. It's marketing bullshit guys don't waste your time with this anvil. If you're looking for a professional grade anvil check out Nimba. Made in the USA and priced less expensive than the FAKE German anvils! FWIW, R.L.

Thanks for the comic relief Buddy, I LMAO looking at ur pics. Kinda' forgot how mad I was...that is until I talked to USAA today. Seems I have to wait for this scums insurance company, or alleged insurance company (anti gun Progressive) to "officially" accept responsibility for the accident in a recorded call. By admitting fault by their insured scumbag then I can get my car fixed without paying MY deductible to USAA. WTF should I have to pay a penny because of this illegal scum? And this was just a car accident. I can just imagine how the parents and family feel that have lost loved ones to these vermin in drunk driving cases or deliberate violent crime. If one of these scum bags killed or injured one of my girls....well lets just say I wouldn't wait for the trial or local LEO to take care of the problem. Thanks to all for the responses. Teach a kid firearm safety, how to shoot safely and deliberately when necessary. Instill in them the values all of us learned in the Golden Times of our country. Not the socialist trash educators are brainwashing our children and grandchildren with. If they don't know what's bad, they'll never know what's good, and decent and honorable. We old guys will not be around to see the change in our country, but if you teach your children what's right, they'll carry that code of ethics and honor forward to the future. It's our only hope. Hold on guys it's going to be a rough ride for the next 2 years, and liberal retards are working hard to replace this President any way possible. R.L.

I was delivering some barrels to Fed Ex for a buyer from Sturm today, and on the way back this greasy, filthy illegal stinkin' mexican dirt bag proceeds to veer hard left right into the far left turning lane where I was sitting in my car, demolishing my right rear fender. Then this POS gets out and starts to rant in Spanish of course...whoo will pay, whoo will pay, Santa Claus? I won't print my response here, but just imagine all of your favorite cuss words one after the other, then all together and that will get you close. When the cps got there they asked immediately where my gun was. I already though ahead and locked it in the trunk before I got tempted to ventilate this POS after the accident. Not sure if he understood English, but I think he understood enough to understand what I thought about illegal dirt people like him in our country illegally. Yes Prince William County, Va is another "sanctuary city". A place where these illegal mexican trash people can take advantage of all of the benefits they local gov gladly supplies then with. Injure citizens, kill citizens, commit their favorite pedo sex crimes, rob LEGAL citizens and pretty much do W.E.T.F.T.W...with no worries from LEO or the local gov. They did charge this smelly illegal pos, as they should have. But this whole sanctuary city, county, state b.s. just pisses me off to no end! WTF is going on in this country??? It's a sad day when CITIZENS are not safe in their own country. No actually it's a National disgrace. Rant off. Now off to my range to shoot illegal mexican targets..and just wishing...... R.L.

Seems the Indian scammers are at it again in our area. Only this time they are using the Social Security Admin. as their scam. It starts with a robo call telling you there is a problem with your SS account and that an investigation has been started and you need to call this # immediately because YOU are under investigation. Want to have some fun, here's their number 409-527-4243.It's actually quite comical to listen to their b.s. They will answer as officer so and so, with a heavy paki/Indian accent. Have fun. R.L.

Absolutely new, never used. Have no idea how much to ship, guessing about $25 to OK? Thanks, Bob

Add Charlie Logan and Ray Charmichael to the list of good guy in this business . Talked with Charlie Logan /A&O tonight and was great remembering and discussing old times!! Thanks Charlie!

Sorry guys these are sold. Thanks Charlie.

Have 2 left guys I'll take $100 ea plus shipping. I have pics... for some reason they won't load on this site. Send me an email address for pics. USPMO only please. Buyer pays shipping and ins. Thanks, R.Leyshion, Jr.

Fits the US Small Primer Assy for US shells up to 75mm & 25x194R (Puteaux, Hotchkiss). 1/2" in diameter x 3-1/8" long. Fine thread screws on top of primer assy. FYI: The purpose of flas tubes is to assure instaneous, uniform full ignition, preventing partial or retarded powder ignition causing detonation. Hard to find. $5 ea, I have 27. USPMO please, Buyer pays US flat rate small box shipping. Thanks, R.Leyshion, Jr.

Not sure how many of you here were around in the early days of Sturm in the early 90's. It was a different format, a different time with different board behavior, more characters and definitely different prices for C3 stuff. I like to call it the Wild West days of Sturm. Anyone remember Hoodenpyle, Neanderthal, the Anarchy board, Vollmers and some of the other individual characters ,self included, at that time? What a wonderful time it was! The flaming between board characters, and other boards ran amuck at times, but Buddy reined it all in when it got out of hand. Buddy was like the ref in heavyweight bouts. Man I miss those times. Anyhooo..I had a dealer (who will remain un-named in this post) that came out of nowhere onto the Sturm scene and decided he was going to muscle his way in at Sturm. I was selling NOS 1919 parts at that times along with other belt fed gear. He contacted me privately off the Sturm boards one evening. He was a Florida dealer,07/type 2 and no it wasn't Ruben, Jim Corby or any of the other long established good guys in Florida. This guy as it turned out was a real passive agressive chameleon. He'd post under different board names, attack other dealers and individuals anon, thinking he'd never get caught, then deny it when accused. Eventially he did and was put off the board. During this conversation he decided to confide in me about a recent "STEAL" he had pulled off. Now why he came to me instead of others who were far more qualified to answer his questions, I don't know. Maybe he was worried about be outed by the better known authorities? I was a relative nobody at Sturm. I guess he felt safer talking to me. None the less it was a big mistake for him. Anyway... seems this dealer met a WW1 vet that had a few aircraft mg's. Pretty rare stuff I might add. Of course the old vet had no idea what this stuff was worth. So this scum dealer begins to try to scare the poor old fella into selling him the weapons, you know...so he doesn't get in any trouble, blah, blah, blah. Now mind you the weapons were papered, complete with capture paperwork. He sold this scum dealer the weapons, pennies on the dollar!!! As we continued the converstaion he starts to laugh and tell me how "he stole" the guns off of that old guy, fooling him into believing he needed to get rid of the weapons fast!! He's now bragging to me about how he screwed thus guy over and my blood began to BOIL!!!! Fellas, my dad was a decorated Navy Commander. He's gone now but I loved that man more than life. He gave to this country selflessly for his entire lifetme. He gave to me things I can never repay him for. Stealing from this poor old WW1 Vet was like someone stealing from MY dad. I became totally unglued at that point. I told this worthless POS to never ever contact me again, probably no as kind as this sounds here and punctuated with some of my favorite curse words. I couldn't believe it...this worthless POS bragged about stealing from a guy who fought for his country in the Great War to end all wars. What a worthless human! To this day this guy is lower than whale shxt at the bottom of the ocean to me. And of course like most flash in the pan, white shoed, checker pants carnival barker types...he's no longer a part of this community. Everyone wants a deal, there is a difference between a deal and total dishonesty. Integrity, honesty, and the truth will always prevale. FWIW, R.L.

FYI guys Coltman 16 who posts on Sturm using that same board name is the same guy who posts on the 1919a4 board using the board name Coltman15. I guess he thought by switching 2 numbers nobody would guess he's the same guy. Duhh... Too funny...tonight he pulled down his post on the 1919a4 board were he was trying to sell the M113 armor shield I sold him for his imaginary M113 APC. that he lied to me about and begged off the price. Buyers and sellers beware of this clown. If he lied to me he'll lie to you too. Sorry Mike I didn't mean to hijack your post! FWIW, R.L.

Trust, integrity, honor. Lost attributes these days Mike. I just discovered my own post sale scam "incident", just today. It wasn't a total financial scam, I didn't lose as much $$$ as you did Mike, but effectively I lost $1000 trying to do someone I didn't even know a favor. Just like you tried to do, but got screwed. Somebody, who as it turns out made up a b.s. story to get an item I had at a substantially lower price. A total fabrication, a HUGE LIE.. unbeknownst to me. You take people at their word..until they prove otherwise. I guess that's a mistake today. When I started in this hobby I met a lot of people, good people, solid people. Pioneers in this hobby. Guys like Bob Landies, Kent Lamont(bless his soul) Bob Naess, AMA Frank, Hank Kaminski ,Doug and Linda Offinger just to name a few. These are people from a particular time when your word was your bond, and trust was 100%. Deals were made with a handshake or a telephone call. No credit card hold, no down payment initially. Your word was your down payment. Good faith business is a rare thing these days. It's kinda' become a screw you and hurrah for me market. What a shame that some have taken advantage of this trust. I'm not sure how old you are but I'm 65. God knows how I made it this far but along the way I've had some very close encounters with death, and still am dealing with some. Incidents like this change you as a person, making you appreciate things you may have taken for granted before your near death experiences. You feel the need to give back to others.That's how I roll now. Helping strangers in this hobby who ask for help, like the ones who helped me, asking nothing in return seemed like the right thing to do. Or maybe not. I won't embarrass the young man who lied to me here on Sturm. I know he'll be reading this post, possibly even feeling like the dirt bag he is, maybe not. Hopefully he learned a valuable lesson about integrity and veracity after getting his dxck caught in the door now. But I WILL make him feel uneasy publicly here knowing ,I know, he lied to me and now all of you know he lied too. Had a young man contact me on one of the boards here about a potential sale of an item I had listed. We talked about the item, only to find out I had listed the sale price on the item incorrectly, missing a key on my keyboard in the process and never checking my ad. Yea I know Buddy, dumb ass. Like $1000 worth. The guy fed me a b.s. story about really needing the item to complete a armored vehicle he had.Been looking for along time couldn't find one forever. Only thing is I didn't realize the guy was lying to me at the time, so I honored my mistake and his request trying to help him out and let him have it at the posted price... my loss. Well I find out today he really doesn't have the vehicle to complete he said he did, and I found the item I sold him up for sale on another board, just today! It was all b.s. just to get the part at a greatly reduced price for resale so he could make money. Like I could not have done the same for myself. Certainly the item is his to sell now. That I won't dispute. I agreed to sell it to him at 1/3 of it's value, to help the guy out, but on false pretense. The moral of the story is, this industry is too small to tell lies young man. You will be outed again, just as you were here, one time or another. Be thankful I have more class than anger, otherwise I'd post your name right here, destroying you reputation on the boards for a long time, branded as a liar Once you are discovered as a liar and not trustworthy, no-body legitimate will want to do business with you in the future here or anywhere else.Think about that next time you try to tell a lie while working another scam-deal young man. FWIW, R.L.

Thanks for the well wishes!

After seeing a publication online called Defense One, I thought I'd subscribe. Being interested in all things military after growing up on various bases and posts in my youth. BIG mistake friends!! The title is totally misleading. Defense One is owned by the same people that own The Atlantic, it's parent lefty commie propaganda rag. I wrote to the editor, Brad Peniston, and to his credit, he returned my email. After that is when the truth took a hard left unfortunately. He tried, unsuccessfully to convince me that Defense One had no political leanings, one way or the other. Politically neutral, he said. Total Bullshit I say. I did some research and discovered that for one thing, The Atlantic publicly supported the "HildaBeast" in 2016, and made campaign contributions to this filthy skank. Don't be fooled by the org name.Defense One is no friend to conservatives or gun owners. I've since unsubscribed to this lefty, chameleon publication. FWIW, R.L.

No doubt. The dimwits threatened to make good on state by state anti-gun legislation as soon as they took control of the house, and they are doing exactly that. Without capitulation by the Republicans, most of this B.S. legislation won't come to pass...yet. We must all be vigilant. These sneaky dimwit bastards don't always announce what they intend to do, and many times try to pass this kind of crap at 1am in morning, or on a weekend, or just before a holiday or even attach it at the 11th hour to an existing bill with no correlation to gun control. That's a favorite way to sneak this type of legislation through the back door. The worthless Paul Ryan brand of RINO is the biggest threat to having anti 2nd amendment trash legislation like the laws being proposed, passed. He was not working alone, others like "flake boy" in AZ would side with these commy dimwits in a heart beat, with even more RINO'S in the shadows willing to sell us out! FWIW, R.L.

Just heard the little rat will retire by the end of January 2019. Breaks my heart.... it does. Three conservative justices on the bench tips the court our way for a long, long time. R.L. R.L.

GEEZ I sure hope that doesn't happen Dennis. That would put a HUGE dent in your biz and other sot dealers business's in Oregon.That legislation effectively and quite intentionally puts all Oregon SOT's out of business. Who the hell would buy a MG if you can only fire 20 rnds a month? That's insanity. I can't stress enough guys how much emphasis should be put on acquiring the ammo you're going to need or want NOW!! The last time the demwits tried this type of legislative assault on firearms , ammo and gun owners, right after obongo was sworn in, I bought 40K rounds of Bulgarian Arsenal 10 7.62x54R for $40 a 440 rnd spam can. What a steal! At the height of the ammo insanity the same 440 rrnd cans were up to $250 a can! I still have most of it and never regretted the purchase. Now you can't find this ammo anywhere. Mostly Prvi Partizan. at much higher per round prices. Remember just a few short years ago when 5.56 almost reached $1 a round. I'm buying more ammo this weekend myself! Just in case. FWIW, R.L.

Unfortunately the anti American, anti gun crowd has help from sympathetic far left orgs and affluent leftists(Bloomturd and company) . including the hollyslime crowd that have done their homework and have learned form past failed attempts. The old attacks were generic in nature. AK 47, M16/AR15 etc. The new assault rifle/pistol attacks/proposals list EVERY weapon by name, model, mag capacity, length , weight, bay lug, and some I've probably forgotten. It's far more comprehensive. That said I don't think it will pass the senate....now. BUT, what happens if and when these antifag, antiChrist, leftist socialist/communists bent on destroying our Constitutional rights take the senate? Think about life as you enjoy it WITHOUT your favorite weapons, having to turn them in without compensation or worse having them seized in gov raids at your homes and place of business in hard raids, guns drawn, your dog killed, people shot in your home and possibly killed by BATF jackboot asshxles? Don't say it can't happen. They said Trump would never be elected also. Anything is possible today. Buy ammo, lots of ammo...and be prepared to protect your family and way of life. The war clouds are building. R.L.

Ok I've been holding my tongue on this one for quite a while. I'm sure some will not approve and some will agree. Being able to express ones opinion is one of the most important right we as Americans possess, free speech. And the right to free speech is under constant attack by the liberal mental defectives in this country right now. Aided by the fake news networks their adverting subsidiaries and supported by the liberal element in our government ...AND dark forces hiding in the shadows of high government. I'm curious what goes on in other areas of the country concerning this devious type of advertising, more accurately classified as anti white, traditional, straight conservative male propaganda. Do you see this too in your part of the country? We're 45 minutes from Wash D.C., in what once was rural Virginia. It's now being over run by liberal democrats, milf mommies with cuck husbands. Most are dem gov workers. Bringing with them their anti gun, anti hunting, soy boy husbands and ill behaved rug rats. You see it every day. 90% of advertising on TV represented by certain ethnic or racial groups , other than white,which comprise less than 15% of the population in the USA. How representative or fair is that to the MAJORITY of legal WHITE conservative mainstream American citizens? This year Christmas advertising was the worst I've ever seen. Homosexual couples exchanging Christmas jewelry gifts, black males making white men look like cucks in front of their wives, the list goes on and on. And NONE of this orchestrated propaganda is mainstream every day American life. Certainly not behavior by the majority of Americans anyway. It's contrived propaganda, making you believe THIS is normal everyday life. It certainly is not. So why are these advertisers ramming this alternate lifestyle b.s. down our throats? Not very fair or representative in my book, and it's quite by design aided by New World financiers and the ultra liberal element worldwide. IMO the life bar for everything in America has traditionally been high for most things,industry, higher education, mechanical skills, competitive sports etc. The rising stars rise and those that cannot attain these same lofty goals, sink to their appropriate level of competence and skill set in life. That is evolution, that is life. Everyone should NOT get a gold star or a participation trophy or be encouraged that they are just as good as the best...That's total bullshit. Some are talented, some are less talented. What happened to true competition in life? What's the incentive to excel when you're indoctrinated by liberal school teachers to believe to you're all the same? Back to targeted advertising. There is a WAR on white, conservative males in this country. To be masculine has a negative connotation today. WTF is "toxic masculinity", this is buxllsxit! It exists in the minds of the weakest. Those that cannot compete. It is a mental lowering of the bar. What a load of non-sense. That fly's in the face of nature and the evolution of man which has been around a lot longer than these liberals soy boy freaks and their undecided gender pals. Young men, don't raise your sons to be anything less than the males they were born to be. It IS ok to be male and act male, to be strong, to chase after females, to be traditional husbands as head of your households. That's right HEAD. There can't be two captains on a ship, and there can't be two heads of a household. Reinforce the traditional role of a father, being strong physically, being resolute, being decisive and not allowing the ridiculous ideas by the minority of weaker liberal outcasts redefine your maleness. The liberals are trying their best through advertising and utilizing a head on, in your face campaign attempt to rewrite the book of traditional Judeo Christian values for mankind. FWIW, R.L.

SOOO it's looks like the first tranny "Michael" Obongo with her/his "sky high" approval ratings, higher than President Trump according to the UK SUN toilet paper rag..(WTF do they come up with this b.s.?) is running for President in 2020. People you can make this kind of happy horsxit up! That's in addition to Elizabeth Pocahontas Warren running also, campaigning in Iowa right now. All jokes aside, the 2020 elections will be the most contentious election in the history of our country. Especially for gun owners. The freaks, fruits and garden variety wanna b socialist/commie assholes will be out in force to solicit support for their causes. As in the past, firearms will be one of their MAJOR platforms, in addition to a lesser extent some pipe talk about doing away with the 2nd amendment. That part of their new mantra is rather new, and should not be discounted totally. Don't wait get involved now with your local reps, 2 years will fly by pretty quick. Never underestimate the enemy. FWIW, R.L.

I told you was coming a few months ago. Some of you didn't believe me well now it begins.Goofball Gabby Giffords along with Schmuck Boy SHOOMER, Nancy, DING DONG Pelosi and the usual liberal retards will introduce legislation to the house on 1/8/2019 to require background checks on all PRIVATE gun sales. Guys this is just the beginning, there is more coming very shortly. Lets hope the Republicans in the Senate don't sell us out like they have before. If they do hopefully the President will veto this b.s.legislation. R.L.

I'm sure some of you are probably already aware of this new treatment for pain and a host of other conditions, available through physical therapists and doctors. It's called "cold laser" therapy. I just discovered it this year. For older guys, like me, who either through genetics or from earlier times in life thoughtlessly beat the hell out of your body with work or sports, this new procedure may be of some interest. You can buy treatments at a provider or buy your own unit, although professional full powered units are not cheap, but who can put a price on personal comfort? Now I will digress a bit. We raise Champion Presa Canario's with breeding stock from D & G kennels. I really love these dogs. Last summer my 125 lb fawn female developed a lump on her left knee which was steadily increasing in size. I was concerned it might be osteo sarcoma, having lost a beautiful Neo Mastiif to that horrible disease 4 years previously. After taking her to Hope Veterinary Hospital in Vienna, we discovered she developed a "hygroma". Hygroma's come from irritation or blunt force trama, bumping into things, impact and such. They recommended cold laser therapy. I was not familiar with it but we decided to start treatments, and after 3 weeks, the hygroma started to shrink. Today you can't even tell she had one, and it was the size of a golf ball originally. After years of electrical fields running through my hands, as collateral damage from welding (stick, high frequency from TIG, 1/2" carbon electrode arc gouging etc) the joints in my hands hurt constantly now. Took vike for a long time, but that's not a viable or sensible solution as it just masks the pain at considerable personal health risk. The wife did some research and discovered cold lasers were available to consumers for human use in addition to veterinary use. after some initial training. She bought me one for Christmas this year. It is a moderately powered dual beam unit 2800mW@808+-15nm. The manufacturer is Avant Wellness Systems. Made in the USA!! I'm using it for my knee and hand joint pain. Too early to say now how effective it is, but if the results are as impressive as the results on my dog, I'll be more than happy. I'll report back on my finding in a couple of months. I wish you all a pain free new year. R.L.

Unfortunately, in addition to the liberal Democrats maggots,Like pelosi and Shxt face SHUUMER, the President has to battle his own party traitors like Paul Ryan, Bitch Mc Mush Mouth, Jeff, lost on the way to Woodstock Flake and a whole bunch more. These elected representatives are supposed to be Conservative Republicans, but alas they are only RINOS in practice. Traitors to the cause! After January 2019, it will be just about impossible for the President to get anything accomplished, hence his position on the gov shutdown for the wall trade off. If he caves now, you might as well forget stemming the flow of illegal third world trash people. What's happening at our border is disgusting. In regards to the shutdown, the bottom line is most gov workers right here in the Metro DC area voted for the Bitch, and NOT President Trump....so I'm finding it pretty hard to have much sympathy for the majority of them. And yes I'm aware that there are some sold conservative workers in the gov worker mix, but unfortunately they are a minority. Most gov workers are demo-rat bastards. Capital Hill blows, I worked there in the 70's. It truly is a part of another world. One most folks will never understand or experience it. It IS corrupt, it is full of pedophiles, and closet homo's , criminals, and criminal spooks dealing drugs for foreign insurgents and on and on.... It's a well known fact by those that work there. Was then and still is. I for one hated it. Much happier out in the field drilling, than dealing with passive aggressive, idealistic, socialist morons trying to ruin our country. On the bright side...mass riots gives us a chance to practice on moving targets for a change. Kinda' like shooting rotating ducks in the water at the carnival with .22's, except they aren't metal ducks. They B Welfare monkey's! You feel me? R.L.

Might be a good idea to stock up on MORE ammo, emergency med gear and freeze dried food. Especially for those close to the larger urban areas. I'm sure most of you remember what happened in Baltimore 2 years ago. That lawless event will look like a romper room play day, compared to what could happen when the "welfare crowd" loses day snap cards and whatever other free sheet these parasites receive...for doing nuttin'. I expect the natives to be seriously restless and possibly roaming for victims if this happens. Crime sprees in the rural areas by these miscreants might not be too far fetched either. EX, El Presidente Obongo made disrespect and open violent aggression on LEO, the order of the day for minorities. I expect anything to happen. Hope for the best , but prepare for the worst. R.L.

I made it another Christmas and another birthday...65 on the 16th! I guess God still wants me to be around. No complaints..I'll take it. Thanks to all that gave my gear good homes over the last few years I hope you're still having fun with it. I miss shooting my M37's but all good things have to come to an end. I know It's a little early, but if I don't do it now while I'm thinking of it, I'll forget. Special thanks and wishes to Aaron in Mohnton Pa. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and I pray this country will survive the unrelenting antics and dirty tricks the deep state is pereptrating on this sittting president and the country. R.L. AKA Welsh Warrior.