Stocking up on magazines? (Read 5072 times)

DesertRangerTycho

Stocking up on magazines?
« on: March 05, 2020, 08:39:34 AM »
Anyone else stockpiling on magazines?

oldfart

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2020, 09:11:15 AM »
... you have the right to remain silent.

I know that SOME of us here have items that Chief Ballard would love to confiscate.
No need to make it easier for her.
What, Me Worry?

DesertRangerTycho

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2020, 09:31:08 AM »
... you have the right to remain silent.

I know that SOME of us here have items that Chief Ballard would love to confiscate.
No need to make it easier for her.

Sigh.... The illusion that you have any anonymity is an illusion.  They already have your registration on your ARs, AKs, HKs, SCARs, etc.  If it comes to confiscation of magazines they already have you by the balls. 

Might as well stand together lest we all hang alone.

I am buying another 10-20 magazines for my various platforms.  Anyone else?

oldfart

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2020, 10:03:07 AM »
If you have friends in the military, they sometimes dispose of wonderfully new items.
For example take these cardboard boxes that my friend was just going to toss.
I said, "Why are they tossing those perfectly good empty boxes?"
He said, "Oh they bought new boxes so they don't need the old boxes any more. You want some?"
I said, "Sure, I can always use some good empty boxes for stashing stuff like spare parts!"


 ;)
What, Me Worry?

Platinum808

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2020, 10:25:34 AM »
New meaning to dumpster fire! The government throws away alot of good stuff like really good stuff!!!
Oh ignorant youth, the world is not a joyous place. The time has come for you to dispense with the frivolous pleasures of childhood and get down to honest toil until you are sixty-five. Then and only then can you relax and collect your social security and live happily until the time of your death!

-Hunter S. Thompson

6716J

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2020, 10:35:34 AM »
Speaking of stocking up. Saw KMConcepts is out and done on April 1. Hope we're not going to be fools but  are you guys going to have a blow out sale to get rid of any inventory? Wink wink, nudge, nudge....
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2020, 10:36:24 AM »
New meaning to dumpster fire! The government throws away alot of good stuff like really good stuff!!!

They also auction a lot of good stuff off to the public.  You can get a literal ton of stuff for little money if you have the room and motivation to sort through the not-as-good stuff that comes with it.  Sometimes you find a single item buried in a pallet that pays for everything you bought.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

changemyoil66

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2020, 01:52:11 PM »
Speaking of stocking up. Saw KMConcepts is out and done on April 1. Hope we're not going to be fools but  are you guys going to have a blow out sale to get rid of any inventory? Wink wink, nudge, nudge....

They're moving locations.

changemyoil66

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2020, 01:53:38 PM »
If you have friends in the military, they sometimes dispose of wonderfully new items.
For example take these cardboard boxes that my friend was just going to toss.
I said, "Why are they tossing those perfectly good empty boxes?"
He said, "Oh they bought new boxes so they don't need the old boxes any more. You want some?"
I said, "Sure, I can always use some good empty boxes for stashing stuff like spare parts!"


 ;)

At my old place, there was a corpsman who was tossing old gear in the trash. I opened his kit and had a few epi pens, CAT TQ's, sealed gauze, athletic tape.

nathanm14fan

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2020, 05:39:10 PM »
Sigh.... The illusion that you have any anonymity is an illusion.  They already have your registration on your ARs, AKs, HKs, SCARs, etc.  If it comes to confiscation of magazines they already have you by the balls. 

Might as well stand together lest we all hang alone.

I am buying another 10-20 magazines for my various platforms.  Anyone else?
I'm pragmatic, and know the odds are forever stacked against us in this state. I'm well stocked with mags that will soon be "pre-ban".

drck1000

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2020, 05:49:17 PM »
I bought a bunch of mags for various guns ahead of the 2016 election. Didn’t shoot much after that, so still lots of NIB mags from back then.  I usually pick up mags here and there for the guns that I shoot often since they do get damaged, wear, etc. That said, I’m always on the lookout for sales in mags. Seems like Brownells has been having some decent sales.

Brystont1

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2020, 11:53:44 PM »
They also auction a lot of good stuff off to the public.  You can get a literal ton of stuff for little money if you have the room and motivation to sort through the not-as-good stuff that comes with it.  Sometimes you find a single item buried in a pallet that pays for everything you bought.

Where do these auctions take place?

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Stocking up on magazines?
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2020, 12:11:14 AM »
Where do these auctions take place?

Google is our friend!   :thumbsup:

The organization to look for is DLA Disposition Services, formerly DRMO.

Non-rolling stock:  https://www.govplanet.com/dla

Rolling Stock (as in "wheels"  :thumbsup:):  https://www.govplanet.com/Humvees

The bidding takes place online, but you can save shipping costs by clicking to filter for Hawaii auctions in the right side bar.  Here's an example in Kapolei:

https://www.govplanet.com/for-sale/Kitchen-Equipment-%284%29-MicroFridge-Refrigerators-Hawaii/3156617?h=5002%2Cl2%7CUSA-HI%2Cmsg%7C48403%2Csm%7C0%2CisAuc%7Cyes%2Cmf%7C1&rr=0.11111&hitprm=&pnLink=yes

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw