I've shopped there for years, didn't know they had a web store though.

Don't forget to figure in the cost of running shoes for IPSC.

Springfield was new in the box, but a older version without ramped barrel. I believe that newer Springfield 9's have ramped barrels. Colts were used, sold them. A friend of mine had the same issue with his Springfield 9, he sent his to the factory...they replaced the non-ramped barrel with a ramped ...

I had a Springfield and 2 Colt series 70 in 9mm, all 3 jammed like crazy with factory and handloads-tried 10 or 12 different magazines. Would only recommend one with a fully ramped barrel as this seemed to be the only cure for the jamming.

Winchester has brass (ammo too) made by Privi I'm told. J-bullets are easy to come by or roll your own cast bullets like I do.

Replace the Recoil spring when it has compressed 3 coils shorter than a new one of the same weight and type. Replace the mainspring after you have replaced the recoil spring 3 times, unless there is a noticeable problem. The Mainspring is, by design, 30% over power.

I like to split it lengthwise and fry it with some onions.

I stopped at Element Arms on the way to deer hunting. Very nice store. They had 5 crates of Mosin's on the floor and maybe 50-60 on the shelf, mostly round receivers mixed dates late 30's -40's on the ones I looked at. All super nice (re-arsenaled) quite a few all matching numbers. Had a few "h...

Mosin's are $79.95 at Element Arms in Becker.

Not to difficult to fix,

http://marauder.homestead.com/files/marlin94fix.html

Link to dis-assembly info.

http://www.castbullet.com/misc/tdown.htm

Wipeout is available at Gunstop, around $10 a can

RB-17 for a non-petro, wife won't shoot you, because of the smell gun cleaner.

Google "Ed's Red" easy to make at home works good for general cleaning, but not a copper remover.