MA Gun Show Report

[TTSH]

First MA Gun Show of the fall season is happening this weekend. I made some S&W magazine scores but that was all. Just as well since I am totally broke until I sell a few more guns from the collection/accumulation.

But as usual, folks probably want to know what 3rd Gens were there and what they were asking for them... so here goes:

In no particular order...

1) 3913LS - Very nice condition - $650.00

2) 457 Two-tone - Been around a while - $539.00

3) 4516 (Didn't check revision) - Very nice condition - $750.00

4) 4516 (No dash) - Definitely used - $425.00

5) 4690 - As-new - $715.00

6) 910 - Average used condition - $525.00

7) 915 - Rust spots, otherwise as-new - $425.00

8) 410 - Average used condition - $425.00

9) CS45 - Black, very used - Damn, forgot to write down the tagged price.

Missing from the show was a totally trashed 4506-1 that had appeared at previous shows (and I had made an offer on it), so I assume it sold over the summer.

 

[BAM-BAM]

910 for$100 more than a 915....what is the world coming too????

 

[TTSH]

910 for$100 more than a 915....what is the world coming too????

Different dealers... different prices.

The rust on that 915 was not pretty. Sad, because otherwise it was an "as-new" gun. When I first saw it at the last show I was ready to buy it... ... but then, RUST!

 

[N4KVE]

Can anyone actually go to this show, buy a gun, & take it home, or is there a 6 month wait. GARY

 

[TTSH]

Can anyone actually go to this show, buy a gun, & take it home, or is there a 6 month wait. GARY

Oh yes, plenty of people buying. I had my eye on a 1980-something Browning Hi-Power (very rare in MA since they are not a listed gun) at $799. I swear... if I had that much money to spend (I don't), it would have come home with me.

You need to understand that you can only legally buy/own a gun in Massachusetts if you have a license, so there would be little point in having a waiting period too.

 

[mauser9]

Thanks for report TTSH. About what I figured for gun show prices. Those 3913s seem to be solid investments. Love to know what the price of that CS-45 would have been in mint condition. May cause erratic heart beats!! Although the 9s are bringing big asking bucks if really decent shape.

 

[TTSH]

Thanks for report TTSH. About what I figured for gun show prices. Those 3913s seem to be solid investments. Love to know what the price of that CS-45 would have been in mint condition. May cause erratic heart beats!! Although the 9s are bringing big asking bucks if really decent shape.

I should have added a disclaimer. "MA gun show prices are only indicative of one thing: MA gun show prices"!

That "used & abused" blued CS45 was somewhere in the $400 & change price range. I just neglected to write down the exact tagged price.

The one that interested me most was the transitional 4690 at $715+Tax. I don't own a transitional yet and it was in awfully nice shape for a blued gun. Would have got him down to $700 (No Tax) for certain... but would have needed a lot lower than that to make it work in my disastrous budget.

 

[solomon]

... but would have needed a lot lower than that to make it work in my disastrous budget.

Ya know, what TTSH needs is a peer-lending site for gun purchases.... this is a dangerous concept! []

 

[TTSH]

Ya know, what TTSH needs is a peer-lending site for gun purchases.... this is a dangerous concept! []

Ha!!! Nobody in their right mind should ever lend dirt poor retired old me one thin dime for gun purchases or anything else!

You'd have a better chance of getting it back if you sent it to Bernie Madoff!

 

[BAM-BAM]

Ha!!!
You'd have a better chance of getting it back if you sent it to Bernie Madoff!

Add glasses......anybody else see a resemblance to TTSH's avatar??


Na.....just my imagination...

Isn't there a large Federal Penitentiary in Mass...... TTSH has had a couple of threads/posts about doing time in the "Big House"......probably just a coincidence......................................

 

[N4KVE]

So then if one has the required paperwork, one could purchase a handgun in Ma, & take it home that same day? Just curious, as I live in Florida & take that stuff for granted. If we have a CCW here, it comes home that day. If not, it's 3, or 5 days depending on the county. People come to my booth at the gun show, & ask what's needed to buy a gun. I answer them "a pulse". But I can assume private FTF sales are not allowed in Ma at the show? GARY

 

[TTSH]

Add glasses......anybody else see a resemblance to TTSH's avatar??

Na.....just my imagination...

Isn't there a large Federal Penitentiary in Mass...... TTSH has had a couple of threads/posts about doing time in the "Big House"... probably just a coincidence ......................................

Forget it Bam! Yes, just a coincidence!

Only Federal prison facility here in MA is FMC Devens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Medical_Center,_Devens

 

[TTSH]

So then if one has the required paperwork, one could purchase a handgun in Ma, & take it home that same day? Just curious, as I live in Florida & take that stuff for granted. If we have a CCW here, it comes home that day. If not, it's 3, or 5 days depending on the county. People come to my booth at the gun show, & ask what's needed to buy a gun. I answer them "a pulse". But I can assume private FTF sales are not allowed in Ma at the show? GARY

Well, again, the only way you legally buy/own a gun in Massachusetts is with a license. Without the license, you are S-O-L. That applies whether it is a dealer sale or F-T-F with another license holder.

F-T-F sales are still allowed, but you must do it through the new real-time Interwebs-based MA firearms transfer/registration portal. It's a new thing as of this year.

Because of the real-time transfer reporting requirement, it is highly unlikely that you could do that at a show. Best you could do is agree to purchase a gun F-T-F from another license holder at some later time or later date... or possibly have a dealer at the show do the transfer for you (kind of unlikely, but technically/legally possible). Theoretically, the real time transfer report could be done through a web-connected smartphone, but I wouldn't want to try to do it that way.

The new real-time portal is actually kind of slick once you get past the infringement of 2A rights thing (which it 100% is). The portal includes a valid license pre-verification step which assures that you are selling to a legit, qualified individual. It makes meeting someone to do the F-T-F sale about as safe as it can possibly get as you will know ahead of time exactly who you are dealing with and that they hold a valid license (meaning they are whistle-clean, legally speaking).

 

[N4KVE]

Thanks for the explanation. Glad I live in Florida. Oh, & I hope you have less snow than last year. GARY

 

[TTSH]

Thanks! I hope so too!!!

 

[GaryS]

Devens is one of two federal prisons where they "treat" sex offenders. Think of it as Jared Fogle's new home.

I'll have some more pertinent comments when I get back from my bike ride.

Forget it Bam! Yes, just a coincidence!

Only Federal prison facility here in MA is FMC Devens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Medical_Center,_Devens

 

[GaryS]

This would be the shop I mentioned in my post about the "club" show last weekend. They had that 4590 and there can't be that many of those out there. That's assuming that all of those 3rd Gens were at the one shop.

I don't know if that's who you got the magazines from, but the ones I saw were at the upper end of the price range.

I didn't talk to the guy because I thought the prices were beyond the range where I could negotiate down into a reasonable range.

Gun shows are still fun because you can see a lot of stuff in one location. Usually worth the price of admission just for the entertainment value.

First MA Gun Show of the fall season is happening this weekend. I made some S&W magazine scores but that was all. Just as well since I am totally broke until I sell a few more guns from the collection/accumulation.

But as usual, folks probably want to know what 3rd Gens were there and what they were asking for them... so here goes:

In no particular order...

1) 3913LS - Very nice condition - $650.00

2) 457 Two-tone - Been around a while - $539.00

3) 4516 (Didn't check revision) - Very nice condition - $750.00

4) 4516 (No dash) - Definitely used - $425.00

5) 4690 - As-new - $715.00

6) 910 - Average used condition - $525.00

7) 915 - Rust spots, otherwise as-new - $425.00

8) 410 - Average used condition - $425.00

9) CS45 - Black, very used - Damn, forgot to write down the tagged price.

Missing from the show was a totally trashed 4506-1 that had appeared at previous shows (and I had made an offer on it), so I assume it sold over the summer.

 

[italiansport]

When I read a thread such as this I am eternally thankful, as I grew up in Massachusetts, that I moved to Arizona over 20 years ago.
Jim

 

[TTSH]

This would be the shop I mentioned in my post about the "club" show last weekend. They had that 4590 and there can't be that many of those out there. That's assuming that all of those 3rd Gens were at the one shop.

I don't know if that's who you got the magazines from, but the ones I saw were at the upper end of the price range.

I didn't talk to the guy because I thought the prices were beyond the range where I could negotiate down into a reasonable range.

Gun shows are still fun because you can see a lot of stuff in one location. Usually worth the price of admission just for the entertainment value.

Oh, no, no, no, no, NO!!!

Sorry Gary! I should have pointed out for your benefit: I didn't include in my list anything offered up by that crazy expensive collector guy from the South Shore!!! That's a whole 'nother list a mile and a half long that never changes because his prices are out of this world high!

The list I presented were from the serious dealers... the other dealers... not the crazy expensive guy. Sorry!!!

 

[TTSH]

I don't know if that's who you got the magazines from, but the ones I saw were at the upper end of the price range.

I think I did really well. I got two CS45 magazines (good ones with proper secondary indents) for $25 each from the PA parts guy. Too bad that I still don't own a CS45 yet.

I also scored one Sigma/SD9 17-round pre-ban from a dealer from Western MA... for just $25.

Last, but not least, I bought two 1006 10mm magazines for $30 each. And, of course, I don't own a 1006 or any other 10mm 3rd Gen yet and probably never will. But I can dream, can't I?