Long winded story time:
I should start off by saying, I dont really care what this mag goes to, but I'm cleaning/sorting stuff and rediscovered this after not seeing it for a few years. Also, I know the other item is a funnel. No one needs to tell me that. Lol.
A little over 3 years ago, I went to my first real estate sale. I always enjoyed flea markets and yard sales, but felt it was kind of weird going thru someone else's house and seeing everything from their entire life for sale. I saw an ad for this estate sale on Craigslist by chance because a friend was looking for a boat motor and I was looking for him. I decided to go with him because the ad said there were a ton of machinist tools as well.
When I got to the house, I was a bit overwhelmed. There was cool shit everywhere. This was a Sat/Sun deal and the place was loaded with people on Sat morning. I'm a machinist/ hobby woodworker and this guy had it all. So I start picking and in one corner of the basement, I noticed some reloading equipment. I got more excited, but with the amount of people there, you don't want to tip anyone else off of a good score.
I ended up talking to the estate people, she gave me a fair price on a huge amount of this man's life and set a bunch aside for me to pick stuff up when it wasn't so crowded.
The next day, while taking possession of this estate, I learned that the previous owner had passed away from a tragic car accident.
You can read about it here.
Mr Oby's obituary said he was a member at Uxbridge Rod and Gun. Although I never knew the man, I think about him often. Which is weird to me. But because of this man, I grew an interest in case forming and wildcat cartridges because of books he had and also some of the tools. I often wonder if he had a NES screen name. Wherever he is today, I hope he has enjoyment knowing he passed a ton of knowledge to a younger generation without even knowing it and I put his custom made funnels to use often.
Now to the mag, it was found on a pile of his things, and I have always assumed it was a bastardized mag made to accept more rounds. I can get 10 rounds of 380 in it. Does the shape look familiar to anyone?
Here's to you Mr Oby.
I should start off by saying, I dont really care what this mag goes to, but I'm cleaning/sorting stuff and rediscovered this after not seeing it for a few years. Also, I know the other item is a funnel. No one needs to tell me that. Lol.
A little over 3 years ago, I went to my first real estate sale. I always enjoyed flea markets and yard sales, but felt it was kind of weird going thru someone else's house and seeing everything from their entire life for sale. I saw an ad for this estate sale on Craigslist by chance because a friend was looking for a boat motor and I was looking for him. I decided to go with him because the ad said there were a ton of machinist tools as well.
When I got to the house, I was a bit overwhelmed. There was cool shit everywhere. This was a Sat/Sun deal and the place was loaded with people on Sat morning. I'm a machinist/ hobby woodworker and this guy had it all. So I start picking and in one corner of the basement, I noticed some reloading equipment. I got more excited, but with the amount of people there, you don't want to tip anyone else off of a good score.
I ended up talking to the estate people, she gave me a fair price on a huge amount of this man's life and set a bunch aside for me to pick stuff up when it wasn't so crowded.
The next day, while taking possession of this estate, I learned that the previous owner had passed away from a tragic car accident.
You can read about it here.
Mr Oby's obituary said he was a member at Uxbridge Rod and Gun. Although I never knew the man, I think about him often. Which is weird to me. But because of this man, I grew an interest in case forming and wildcat cartridges because of books he had and also some of the tools. I often wonder if he had a NES screen name. Wherever he is today, I hope he has enjoyment knowing he passed a ton of knowledge to a younger generation without even knowing it and I put his custom made funnels to use often.
Now to the mag, it was found on a pile of his things, and I have always assumed it was a bastardized mag made to accept more rounds. I can get 10 rounds of 380 in it. Does the shape look familiar to anyone?
Here's to you Mr Oby.