Shawnee
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Went to a gun show N. of Cincinnati today. What a circus !
I'll try to describe it in "sound bytes".....
1. All the ammo dealers were singing the song about how ammo prices are going up rapidly - and their prices were astronomical. I guess they think nobody notices that 80% of their ammo is in boxes at least 10 years old and more than a little of it is in loadings that were discontinued years ago.
2. For whatever reason - single-action revolvers were marked with (relatively) low prices compared to the last show I went to (about a year ago).
3. I saw five Marlin 336s and four Winchester 94s - all in decent or better shape - and marked #300 or $325. One fellow was willing to sell me a Winchester 94 "Classic" in great shape for $350 OTD.
4. Many, many people were bringing guns into the show looking to trade them for something else - and almost all the trade-in guns being brought in were of the "black rifle"/"black pistol" genre.
5. The percentage of truly weird-looking dudes at the gun shows is increasing.
6. Holsters, cordura bags and assorted such goods seem to be improving in quality and not going up drastically in price.
7. It was a fairly large show but I saw only two tables that had Thompson Center Contender stuff on them. One had only about a dozen barrels and a couple frames. The other had at least six frames and at least 25 barrels - but he also was asking new prices for used barrels.
8. Scads and scads and scads of 9mm, .357 magnums, and 10mm and .40 caliber black handguns for sale.
9. Very, very few shotguns out and they wewre almost all 870s or Mossie 500s.
10. There were probably 10 tables with largely old military rifles and equipment.
11. Oddly, there were not many bolt-action hunting rifles around. I did see a Remington 700 ADL in .270 that looked in OK shape and was marked $375. Someone could have picked up a decent deal on that one.
I'll try to describe it in "sound bytes".....
1. All the ammo dealers were singing the song about how ammo prices are going up rapidly - and their prices were astronomical. I guess they think nobody notices that 80% of their ammo is in boxes at least 10 years old and more than a little of it is in loadings that were discontinued years ago.
2. For whatever reason - single-action revolvers were marked with (relatively) low prices compared to the last show I went to (about a year ago).
3. I saw five Marlin 336s and four Winchester 94s - all in decent or better shape - and marked #300 or $325. One fellow was willing to sell me a Winchester 94 "Classic" in great shape for $350 OTD.
4. Many, many people were bringing guns into the show looking to trade them for something else - and almost all the trade-in guns being brought in were of the "black rifle"/"black pistol" genre.
5. The percentage of truly weird-looking dudes at the gun shows is increasing.
6. Holsters, cordura bags and assorted such goods seem to be improving in quality and not going up drastically in price.
7. It was a fairly large show but I saw only two tables that had Thompson Center Contender stuff on them. One had only about a dozen barrels and a couple frames. The other had at least six frames and at least 25 barrels - but he also was asking new prices for used barrels.
8. Scads and scads and scads of 9mm, .357 magnums, and 10mm and .40 caliber black handguns for sale.
9. Very, very few shotguns out and they wewre almost all 870s or Mossie 500s.
10. There were probably 10 tables with largely old military rifles and equipment.
11. Oddly, there were not many bolt-action hunting rifles around. I did see a Remington 700 ADL in .270 that looked in OK shape and was marked $375. Someone could have picked up a decent deal on that one.
