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lsuconnman
| Favorite team: | Troy  |
| Location: | Baton rouge |
| Biography: | Liberal Conservative |
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| Occupation: | Tigerdroppings Poster |
| Number of Posts: | 4579 |
| Registered on: | 2/17/2007 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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Seeking input about historical firearms as investments
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 10:21 pm
I’ve always been interested in WWI and wanted to own something historic. The Luger artillery pieces are both iconic and kind of magical, which led me to see what’s out there, and I have been casually browsing for the last year.
I recently found this: LINK
I won’t lie, it’s substantially outside the price range I envisioned. But, it also seems like it would check every other box, making it a better choice.
Is there any website that tracks historical sale prices for something like this?
More importantly, what kind of maintenance am I looking at to ensure it doesn’t deteriorate if I buy it?
I recently found this: LINK
I won’t lie, it’s substantially outside the price range I envisioned. But, it also seems like it would check every other box, making it a better choice.
Is there any website that tracks historical sale prices for something like this?
More importantly, what kind of maintenance am I looking at to ensure it doesn’t deteriorate if I buy it?
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re: Silver up 12% for the week on Black Friday
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 7:32 pm to Pimphand
I agree with you. But, this movement shows a lot of people didn’t get the memo.
You have SLV up like 30% in the last few weeks and the real harbinger of doom…Yieldmax started buying silver for its ETFs.
But, the real irony of the moment is AMC who’s on the brink of bankruptcy managed to sell its silver mine meme play before the run began.
You have SLV up like 30% in the last few weeks and the real harbinger of doom…Yieldmax started buying silver for its ETFs.
But, the real irony of the moment is AMC who’s on the brink of bankruptcy managed to sell its silver mine meme play before the run began.
re: Why Ford can't get mechanics
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 7:14 pm to prplhze2000
His rant would’ve been far more effective if he just condensed it to …”look how complicated they make things, it took thirty minutes just to remove this part before I can start the process. Since Ford pays mechanics a set rate for each job, nobody is turning a profit that doesn’t bill hourly.”
re: Silver up 12% for the week on Black Friday
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 6:28 pm to FAT SEXY
You can pick whatever timeframe you choose. The point is it’s been decades since people utilized savings accounts that makes precious metals charts look intriguing. It’s better to hold any asset other than a dollar for long periods. But almost any asset like a stock or real estate is going to outperform the precious metal over time.
re: Silver up 12% for the week on Black Friday
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 6:10 pm to Kjnstkmn
Aren’t proof coins always priced 2-3X over spot?
re: At this point is it even possible for the USA to get it's financial house in order?
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 5:55 pm to Rankest
We’ll be obliged to re colonize the planet. Everyone pretends we’re too civilized, but I guarantee it will only take a couple years of austerity before people welcome reframing the concept of tribute into UBI to protect the working class.
re: Silver up 12% for the week on Black Friday
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 5:34 pm to FAT SEXY
quote:
not speculative tobacco stocks.
With all due respect, those “speculative” tobacco stocks have been the greatest wealth creator in the market for more than a century.
“ A $1,000 investment in US tobacco shares in 1900 would be worth over $8 million today (specifically, by 2020)”
“ A $1,000 face value in 1900 silver coins (like Morgan Dollars) would contain a substantial amount of silver, roughly 715 troy ounces, making its value today highly dependent on current silver spot prices (around $90/oz as of Jan 2026), placing it well over $60,000”
re: Congress passes legislation to end gov't checks to dead people.
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 5:09 pm to SallysHuman
quote:
frick me… there had to be new legislation for THIS????
There’s been at least two or three legislative sessions in Louisiana in the past few years where they've passed laws that already existed, and when asked why the law is necessary the response was “nobody will enforce the existing statute.”
Such sound logic explained the decisions to add a camera to watch the red light cameras when they were being vandalized.
re: Silver up 12% for the week on Black Friday
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 4:55 pm to FAT SEXY
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If silver can do that over the past 10 years, why can't it do it again over the next 20-25?
Those charts seem to show exactly why you shouldn’t expect this dance to last. It looks like silver underperformed everything else 27/30 years. It just happens when it does it erases years of antipathy.
The silver quarter meme is another one that is overplayed. Now do a chart that compares shares of US tobacco to silver or gold equivalent starting100, 50, or even thirty years ago. I’ll take the cigarette shares or almost any other dinosaur company.
re: Watched the Shahs Press Conference- Thoughts
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 1:08 pm to LSUDonMCO
Cool. He wants to negotiate a hereditary title and an allowance without the headache of actually ruling, like the Mountbattens.
re: Watched the Shahs Press Conference- Thoughts
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 12:24 pm to CitizenK
quote:
The Heir is the new Shah. Case closed
OK, a guy that’s never had a job and has been supported his entire life by stolen Iranian wealth (which was the reason his father was so easily overthrown) and CIA protection.
We’re better off letting the Mullah’s VP take over.
re: I've noticed that the Bitcoin diehards rarely try to talk shite about Gold anymore
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 12:13 pm to SlidellCajun
I’m still shocked there haven’t been any stories about lost BTC after the palisades fire. It’s one of the wealthiest and tech savvy areas in the country, there had to be a lot crypto lost.
re: Watched the Shahs Press Conference- Thoughts
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 12:07 pm to Hayekian serf
quote:
If you can take one thing away from listening to the man speak and answer questions for about 45 minutes, he has spent the large percentage of his life in exile planning and thinking of these times.
The Shah died in 1980. The only takeaway is imposter syndrome.
re: Headset Recommendations -Xbox
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 11:51 am to OneSaintsFan
I’ve had the TB stealth, the A50, the artis pro, and the Maxwell’s.
For sound recreation there’s no gimmick that can match the 90mm drivers. But, the tradeoff is the lack of features like Bluetooth switching, active noise cancellation, and mixers,
I’ve also been waiting for a pair of Maxwell 2s that are currently in shipping purgatory.
For sound recreation there’s no gimmick that can match the 90mm drivers. But, the tradeoff is the lack of features like Bluetooth switching, active noise cancellation, and mixers,
I’ve also been waiting for a pair of Maxwell 2s that are currently in shipping purgatory.
re: LSU is seeing surge in AI cheating allegations - Students could lose scholarships
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 8:58 am to VolsOut4Harambe
quote:.
A lot of professors enjoy the power trip that comes with their positions.
I guarantee you professors want to deal with the associated paperwork to report students even less than the cops want to write a police report about your busted car window.
re: LSU is seeing surge in AI cheating allegations - Students could lose scholarships
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/16/26 at 5:55 am to Gusoline
quote:
it's
Not AI
re: LSU is seeing surge in AI cheating allegations - Students could lose scholarships
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/15/26 at 9:27 pm to Trauma14
Just reading between the lines in the WAFB article, most of these cases don’t require Sherlock homes. You get a group of students who hand in a paper…and every one coincidentally used the same obscure reference or phrase.
You can’t make up some of the really stupid stuff that goes to that review board. You have students that go to those boards because they get caught plagiarizing a Wikipedia page and then claiming they didn’t know citations are necessary.
You can’t make up some of the really stupid stuff that goes to that review board. You have students that go to those boards because they get caught plagiarizing a Wikipedia page and then claiming they didn’t know citations are necessary.
re: LSU is seeing surge in AI cheating allegations - Students could lose scholarships
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/15/26 at 9:10 pm to JS87
I think this girl just admitted she cheated…
The average student at LSU is not what it was just a few years ago, and most of the work product they produce is painful to read. When, when they have a moment of clarity and submit a coherent paper it flags itself.
quote:
The whole class is claiming that they did not use Al and I believe them because it makes zero sense that not one person in the class didn't completely use Al for the paper.
The average student at LSU is not what it was just a few years ago, and most of the work product they produce is painful to read. When, when they have a moment of clarity and submit a coherent paper it flags itself.
re: Any reason to use Vanguard Admiral funds over the ETFs?
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/15/26 at 7:28 pm to Joshjrn
I noticed Vanguard just started allowing you to buy fractional ETF shares along with auto investment. ETFs are now no-brainers other than the funds that don’t have an equivalent.
re: I've noticed that the Bitcoin diehards rarely try to talk shite about Gold anymore
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/15/26 at 10:26 am to oneg8rh8r
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It is finite, getting scarcer everyday (think of people that constantly lose the ability to access it), stockpiled by those who possess the foresight and soon will be able to be transacted even more easily.
Ok, I can’t resist the BTC catnip. We’ve evolved to circular arguments. People buy it to hold it, and when they decide they want to use it to repurchase dollars, they discover it was stolen or lost, which in turn makes it more scarce and desirable for the next visionary.
re: Am I the only one who is fed up with all Of the AI
Posted by lsuconnman on 1/15/26 at 7:09 am to nes2010
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The people that post "here is what grok had to say about it"...
…which is a summary of what a previous poster’s ChatGPT’s hot take.
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