I use to go to gun shows a lot and I made some really good buys at them but my collection is as large as I want it to be so I don't go anymore. The last gun I bought at a gun show was a mint 14-3 for $400 about 6 years ago and I was stunned that it was at that price. I saw it and walked away only to go back 10 minutes later and buy it.
Why stay away from Gun Shows?
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TRE
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I go to shows fairly often. Sometimes I find good deals, sometimes not. Sometimes I even see/find hard to find guns that interest me (at last months show I saw not one but THREE S&W M52s, which are on my bucket list), other times nothing but new guns and junk.
No matter, something always follows me home. Parts, accessories, brass, SOMETHING. Plus, the venue has really, REALLY good hot dogs, lol.
Either way, it's a fine way to waste a Saturday. $6 is little to pay to be around like minded people and amongst things I enjoy. Sometimes I'll spend an hour or more just shooting the bull with someone there, usually an old timer, and it's always entertaining and usually educational.
I've done it all my life, I guess it's just my thing.
TRE
No matter, something always follows me home. Parts, accessories, brass, SOMETHING. Plus, the venue has really, REALLY good hot dogs, lol.
Either way, it's a fine way to waste a Saturday. $6 is little to pay to be around like minded people and amongst things I enjoy. Sometimes I'll spend an hour or more just shooting the bull with someone there, usually an old timer, and it's always entertaining and usually educational.
I've done it all my life, I guess it's just my thing.
TRE
Springfield GS
I went to the Springfield show on Saturday. Always fun seeing what is there and visiting with Don, Paul, and others.
I saw a lot of tempting Smiths and also some nice Colts but was saving my dollars for a pending deal from another forum member.
Small GS this weekend at Plymouth (home of the small rock). I'll probably take a ride. Small, lots of surplus and accessories. But last time a dealer selling all black guns had a nice nickel 27-2 consignment gun almost hidden at the back of his display.
The show before that, another dealer had a pre 28 5 screw 4".
Each one was $650 or less. Not a steal, but not bad for here. Glad I went to those little shows.
I went to the Springfield show on Saturday. Always fun seeing what is there and visiting with Don, Paul, and others.
I saw a lot of tempting Smiths and also some nice Colts but was saving my dollars for a pending deal from another forum member.
Small GS this weekend at Plymouth (home of the small rock). I'll probably take a ride. Small, lots of surplus and accessories. But last time a dealer selling all black guns had a nice nickel 27-2 consignment gun almost hidden at the back of his display.
The show before that, another dealer had a pre 28 5 screw 4".
Each one was $650 or less. Not a steal, but not bad for here. Glad I went to those little shows.
DAinTX
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I don't go to as many shows as I did at one time. Yes, many dealers' guns are overpriced...however, the possibility of a good deal always exists and I have gotten many good/great deals over the years, some recently. Plus, you occasionally see items at gun shows that you wouldn't see, or would rarely see, anywhere else just due to the number of guns brought in. I certainly don't count on gun shows for what I want...but I don't discount them either.
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I don't travel to as many shows as I used to, but at a sort of small show, maybe 300 tables, a couple weeks ago I found not 1 but 2 like new original magazines for my 1910 FN Browning .380. Took to the range last night and both feed JHP's reliably. Price wasn't bad either. My buddy picked up a supply of the new powder coated bullets to load up. I'm getting to really like these.
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