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I Ebayed myself a Hornady Reloading Manual, and when I went to leave feedback, I saw that Ebay had a new policy: no more negative or neutral feedback from sellers. Sounds unfair at first, but it’s probably a good thing. A lot of jerks were putting up notices threatening to leave negative feedback for trivial reasons. And buyers are much more likely to be cheated.

I’ll bet a lot of creeps are running for cover now. See ya. Straighten up your act or be gone.

I’ve accidentally bought things I couldn’t pay for with Paypal. I never do that intentionally. A demand for a money order is like a big disclaimer reading “I do not want to be accountable when I cheat you.”

Paypal is stupid, too. I had to get their credit card in order to avoid giving them my bank information, and they have their system rigged up so it defaults to their card. You have to go through several screens to put payment on your preferred card. I prefer to avoid using my Paypal card, ever. But I have screwed up twice.

Here is a question for reloaders. I will never have to pay for ammunition boxes, because the trash cans at the range contain a nice selection. But I can see how it would be nice to have something a little tougher and more elegant. What would you do? Looks like two bucks is a good price for hundred-round boxes, and I’ll need five in each caliber.

A commenter is poking me for owing a Smith & Wesson 1911. I should take macro photos of the obvious manufacturing defects on my Custom Shop Colt and post them. I have two Smith & Wesson guns, and I plan to buy more, because they’re magnificent. I wouldn’t buy a new Colt unless I got to look it over carefully first. My Colt is going back for repairs, and I have to pay for shipping, killing the good deal I shopped to get. The Smiths? They go to the range.

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Forgot to mention this. Speaking of 1911s, Michael Bane has a dandy. He participated in something called a Wild Bunch shooting match. If it’s not obvious, the participants are limited to weapons consistent with those used in the 1969 movie, The Wild Bunch. That includes 1911 pistols. His gun is a 1911A1 made by Remington Rand, and his father carried it in World War Two! How would you like to have an heirloom like that?

I don’t know how a service gun ended up property of a civilian. I think I won’t ask.

Provincial city-born gun-phobics in the Northeast and on the West Coast do not understand that guns are like jewelry. Men pass them down the way women pass down wedding rings. When I was writing about gun safes, readers told me about their irreplaceable guns. Try and explain that to a narrow-minded denizen of Greenwich Village or Malibu.

If you have an heirloom gun, send a photo and I’ll post it. I have a few.