rburg
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It was a good, well attended show. But then it always is. Just a bunch of great guns. Started out well with me buying a $1 tube of old fashioned style resizing lube. No one carries it these days. Then a minature knife (I've got a soft spot for them). Followed by me finding and buying some Gil Hibben knives. All junk, but the kind of things I like.
There were guns everywhere, some of them very worthy. Early on a guy had a .32-20 that looked like new. He priced it at $1650, and it had gold medallion grips and appeared new in box! Jack Rutter, one of our members here, had a spectacular Outdoorsman (postwar transition) that also looked great. In nickel. Its kind of funny when you see a gun just flopped down on a mat, under glass, and guess at the serial. I guessed S71,000s and it was. Wish I'd been flush with cash to buy it. Farther on a guy had a very nice .32-20 for $420! Didn't know him. But Frank Duncan had one for $650.
So someone asks what the next "hot" revolvers are? Looks like underpriced .32-20s are out in front and running.
Someone asked about the Fugates a few days ago. I can report they read the review and at least one of the brothers was amused at their description as being a dog and pony show. They didn't come in full force, the pretty girl and the big guy missing. They were making a dealer to dealer sale of a great old .22/32 target gun. But then any of our get togethers could be described as a goat roping.
Hope Mike Priwar is reading. Keith Brown was there and said the grips are coming along. He's wandering the aisles looking and talking. He's become a popular guy. Multiple people have his grips on their tables. Some just loose and for sale, others on guns. Still more that he's touched up to remove nastiness.
I get tired easily I guess. After about 5 hours of it, I went over to DanT's table and clocked out. He tracks our every movement. Its good to have a competent gate keeper.
There were guns everywhere, some of them very worthy. Early on a guy had a .32-20 that looked like new. He priced it at $1650, and it had gold medallion grips and appeared new in box! Jack Rutter, one of our members here, had a spectacular Outdoorsman (postwar transition) that also looked great. In nickel. Its kind of funny when you see a gun just flopped down on a mat, under glass, and guess at the serial. I guessed S71,000s and it was. Wish I'd been flush with cash to buy it. Farther on a guy had a very nice .32-20 for $420! Didn't know him. But Frank Duncan had one for $650.
So someone asks what the next "hot" revolvers are? Looks like underpriced .32-20s are out in front and running.
Someone asked about the Fugates a few days ago. I can report they read the review and at least one of the brothers was amused at their description as being a dog and pony show. They didn't come in full force, the pretty girl and the big guy missing. They were making a dealer to dealer sale of a great old .22/32 target gun. But then any of our get togethers could be described as a goat roping.
Hope Mike Priwar is reading. Keith Brown was there and said the grips are coming along. He's wandering the aisles looking and talking. He's become a popular guy. Multiple people have his grips on their tables. Some just loose and for sale, others on guns. Still more that he's touched up to remove nastiness.
I get tired easily I guess. After about 5 hours of it, I went over to DanT's table and clocked out. He tracks our every movement. Its good to have a competent gate keeper.
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