GentlemanJim Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Nice gun show this weekend Saturday was standing room only, The regulars..the Sharks ..the plain old gun lovers and all stripes in between. We didnt jack prices..so we sold about all the AR15s we had, kinda good ...kinda bad as we will not be able to replace them anytime soon. The Shark Lady as I call her was trying to sell GI Ar mags for $35.00 ...she didnt do too good One guy was selling used GI mags for $6.00...he sold a BUNCH!! I saw a $500.00 Beta mag...giggle...but I was able to buy one for $20.00 over wholesale...good as they are unavailable right now. The BOOTIE Rusty P08 Luger $100.00 Pristine 1916 PO8 luger in 9mm...$450.00..it went home with an expert Buddy to get the once over. Dirty little 25cal auto shoots good $5.00 model 1900 nickel revolver in excelent condition (relic) $15.00 Junky little 22 revolver..only got it because I used to see them as prizes at the state fair shooting gallery when I was a boy...$5.00 Colt series 70 9mm slide, bomar cut shortened...with reverse plug...$ 40.00 I saw tons of good deals ..but I did not have much cash to spend I love gun shows Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFoley Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Nice buys. If you want money back on the Lugers, let me know LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Nice buys. If you want money back on the Lugers, let me know LOL. The 1916 may have been the buy of the century I will know the skinny on it soon. The other stuff is just fun junk to collect jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I am going to have to go to your gun shows. I've been thinking a rusty p08 is what I want. all I ever see are collector's editions... miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betterment Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 It is nice to hear something good about a gun show. I have never been to one before, but another story like this one just might motivate me more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S. Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Must be nice. The people at gun shows around here all think they're stuff is made of gold. I stopped going a couple years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVelocity Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 what, no beenie babies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 My best all time deal at a gun show was the following. I was getting ready to leave the gun show because it was only a few minutes before closing time for the last day of a two day weekend gun show. I saw a much older gent struggling with a cardboard box which was apparently heavy and it was at least 3 foot square. I offered him and hand sitting it on the floor off his table. The top was open and I noticed that there entire box was stuffed with holsters. I asked him if he had much luck selling them and he said that he'd only sold one holster in two days (he was there to sell knives). He told me that a menber of his local shooting club had passed away and that his widow had sold all his guns.... then she found this big box of holsters....which she sold to him. The problem was.... that he had no idea what guns the holsters were for were for. I told him I was a pistol instructor and handgun competitor and might be able to figure out what they would fit. He said ..."Buddy if you want them you can have the whole damn box for $3.00 a holster.... which is just what I paid for them"..... "I'm just tired of hauling them around". I dumped the box on the floor and immediately knew I had struck gold... They were all in excellent shape, from major manufacturers, and all were defensive type holsters other than one double western rig. I counted the holsters and paid him the $120.... he was owed. It took me more than a week on the www, calling manufacturerers, and even taking a bag of holsters to a large gun shop to determine what gun they fit. I ended up with 3 like new Galco horizontal shoulder rigs, 3 Galco belt holsters, and one Kramer IWB unit and Safariland leather holster which I retained. I figured that their replacement value was at least $800. The other 32 were sold on eBay over that Winter for somewhere just over $1,100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 My best all time deal at a gun show was the following. NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 The gun shows around here are really light on guns, really heavy on junk knives, jerky, t-shirts, books, and assorted crap that didn't sell at the yard sale. I have stopped going too, haven't been to a good gun show in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdstihl Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Best show I've been to was a little firehall in Jefferson, MD. Tons of old military rifles there, not many commando types. I bought a Mauser 6.5 Swede for $100. Whoever had it before had started to "sporterize" (ruin it) but it shoots fine and does have a Timney trigger. Come to think of it, that's the last good gun show I've been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 When Jim titled the thread "Gun show bootie" I just figured he saw another one of those trashy female types throwing her boobs in Jims face, and maybe Nancy slapped the living crap outta him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 That just about happened last year We still have real good shows here...sorry some others are starting to suck. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 When Jim titled the thread "Gun show bootie" I just figured he saw another one of those trashy female types throwing her boobs in Jims face, and maybe Nancy slapped the living crap outta him. Wasn't that something about puppies and a basket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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