S&Ws at big Ohio show.

heckinohio

heckinohio

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Went to many-many table show near Cincinnati yesterday. Some of you here must be members of OGCA..???? I have never shopped S&W at this event in the 40plus yrs I have been a member. I couldnt believe how many were there!!!!

Table rows of about 30 each run from A to EE, I did get to Row O, no further. My shopping was for M-57, early, & to see Joe C., the wooden box refurbish box guy. He showed me a correct early box for one. There was a 4" 58 nearby, but I just couldnt get into that one, I guess because it is not a correct gun for a wooden display box. I was told there was a boxed nickle gun further down the show, but I got involved in a Luger deal that took over an hour so I didnt make that end of the show hall.

I did get a very rare Luger (1906 French), Luger drum, odd holster, Portugese tools, 1900 Swiss magazine, two S&W screwdrivers (I need a 7 1/4" S&W rod), a Browning ATD rifle in .22, Grade 2 (now have all grades) & a Winchester 101 trap gun (in disguise) for Donna. Will have to shorten the 14" pull to her 12 1/2", this gun was inexpensive enuff to justify that & the very best aspects of it were no screw in chokes & has a wide rib. Also a contact for NOS S&W parts.

I will have to go to the March show with a little more focused attention toward getting a 57. Not shopping Intnet due to FFL requirements, bad enuff to have to go through the MG paperwork every time without adding another nuisance, looking at another MG 08 today.

PJH
 
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It's hard to stay focused at a big gun show, especially if you have some money in your pocket. I would have been interested in the M58 whether it was proper for the box or not.

There is a big show about 45 miles north of here going on today, but I do not want to fight the crowds. A news report says it was packed yesterday. I'm just not up for getting elbowed by all the folks running around in panic mode. If I missed some good deals, so be it. :o
 
Wow, you all must still have "real" gun shows up there. Down here in Georgia, finding a vintage Smith or Luger is just not going to happen. At the show here yesterday, there were 2 Lugers and both had been nickeled with half of it falling off. There were a "few" Smiths and they were all overpriced. The one I didn't have (an 1874 US Army gun) was just being displayed and not for sale. All I saw at the show were too many people to make me want to stay long. Most of them were carrying out more ammunition than a human could carry.
 
I used to go to the big OGCA shows until I ran into three guys I had arrested at one show. That was the last one I attended.
 
OGCA show mentioned in my post is at Roberts Center, I-71 & US 68, exit 50......

Big show crowds........not a bother to me. Shortly after lunch things always seem to thin out. The early bargain hunters are satisfied, spent their $$$ & are headed home with their treasurers. We always stay from 8:30 to 4:30. Donna likes gun shows, has many friends there independent of our mutual ones. A bit of a social outing too......

M-58.....just not oriented to that one yet. I have run into a space problem. Luger I bought is on the kitchen table. Gun room is 55x16. I have doubled up several long guns on wooden pins intended for only one gun. I have used all the showcase space including the tops, planning to move some electric trains & misc. trinkets out of a showcase that will net me about 10' of 12" wide shelves. M-58 would have fit in there with no problem, I have some other non-display boxes S&Ws on the floor too. Thanks to your comment, I will certainly make space for more....!!!! My having "aged out" is quickly becoming a moot status. I even bought several hundred .45ACP bullets!!!!!!!!!!!!

Three "arrestees"........if you arrested these mentioned, why werent they in jail???........did you inform OGCA officials??? Hard to believe you would let "arrestees" run you off from a function of any kind. Just think what kind of riff-raff might attend open to the public shows...........scary!!!!

PJH
 
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MVGCA show in Maumee Oh. 16th & 17th. I am money challenged, as I bought a SPECIAL Smith from G.B. last week. (don't have it yet) I have very little trade stock too. Really enjoy the shows though. They are always good for entertainment. Haven't seen any jerky in a while. Might find some odds & ends. Bob
 
You are lucky down there. There are no shows like that up here with Smith revolvers. Good thing I guess. Would have to tap into the retirement fund and that would be bad.
 
HeckinOhio, it's called bail. And I didn't want to face off three homies in a really crowded room. Discretion is sometimes called for. I didn't notify OGCA, because arrested is not convicted.
 
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