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Today went up to the Gun and Knife Show at the Pikesville Armory. One room, maybe two dozen dealers... some interesting finds, but nothing to come home with me.
Going rate of a hex-receiver all-matching rearsenaled Mosin - $190. They had one 1931 and one 1930. This was of interest to me since I just purchased a 1931 myself, for a lot less. The three this gentleman had featured less-than-perfect bores, which doesn't mean they weren't shooters... but degraded the probability that they were.
Same gentleman had about eight German K98 Mausers for sale, all with Nazi crest intact. Half were Steyr, half were Obendorfer (sp?). All the stocks were battered all to hell, and had generally rough actions - rust, cosmoline, etc. All were going for $259.
I'm always tempted by that particular seller, because he sold me my first K31 and my Mosin M38, both of which turned out to be great shooters. But I couldn't bring myself to pay almost double for another hex Mosin, and I know only enough about Mausers to be dangerous to myself... so I passed on those also. He also had a 150 year old "Zulu Rifle" (his words, not mine) that was advertised as "Wall Hanger Only - make an offer" with a price tag of $200.
Going rate for a Mosin M44 - $140. This was pretty much constant across the whole show. One of them had a VERY unusual stock; it was light, light blond. Really light. Almost white, with straight tight grain.
Interesting discovery: All versions of the SKS were difficult to find, and prices were high when they were encountered. Going rate for a Norinco Paratrooper SKS - $400 (!), while a regular Norinco with spike bayonet was $280. No Yugos present. Only a handful of SKSs at the whole show.
Going rate for an "average" Garand - $1400 or so. Only a few dealers provided a detailed description of what the gun had - original barrel, stock, parts, etc. I suppose the rest figured caveat emptor, and figured if you couldn't tell yourself, too bad.
Going rate for an average Enfield - $400 or so. Same went for the Finn Mosins, and the Chilean Mausers, and the Argentine Mausers. Most were $400.
A lot of Aguila .22 ammo this time around, including some Eley Sport I'd never seen before. People were also scooping up that Wolf Match stuff by the brick and not looking back.
The Howa table was interesting, as always. Almost all of their display guns were in .308 Winchester this time, and all had silky smooth actions. I particularly liked the Varminter Supreme.
Reloading components were scarce this time also. Very, very little selection of powder. I was hoping to pick up some more RL-22, but only one table had powder at all, and he only had about six jars, mostly pistol powders. One table had a good supply of brass, and the .284 Win brass peaked my interested, to resize for 7.5 Swiss... but I passed. It was $33 per 100, I believe.
Saw a .30-40 Krag for $200, on the rougher side of average... and a .30-40 Krag carbine for $1500, in much nicer shape. Those two were getting a lot of looks, and were probably gone by the end of the day.
Saw a beautiful Uberti copy of a Winchester '73 in .44-40, the Sporting version... but at $1400 or so, way out of my range. Is that price average?
Lastly, I saw a great stainless Browning A-Bolt in .375 Holland and Holland, but at $900 it was also out of my range.
As for non-rifles, the going rate for a Glock 17 is about $575-600 new, $500 used. I'm in the market for one, so I stopped to check at each booth.
That's all I can remember at the moment, as far as guns go. The usual patches, stickers, targets, jerky, books and whatnot were present.
Going rate of a hex-receiver all-matching rearsenaled Mosin - $190. They had one 1931 and one 1930. This was of interest to me since I just purchased a 1931 myself, for a lot less. The three this gentleman had featured less-than-perfect bores, which doesn't mean they weren't shooters... but degraded the probability that they were.
Same gentleman had about eight German K98 Mausers for sale, all with Nazi crest intact. Half were Steyr, half were Obendorfer (sp?). All the stocks were battered all to hell, and had generally rough actions - rust, cosmoline, etc. All were going for $259.
I'm always tempted by that particular seller, because he sold me my first K31 and my Mosin M38, both of which turned out to be great shooters. But I couldn't bring myself to pay almost double for another hex Mosin, and I know only enough about Mausers to be dangerous to myself... so I passed on those also. He also had a 150 year old "Zulu Rifle" (his words, not mine) that was advertised as "Wall Hanger Only - make an offer" with a price tag of $200.
Going rate for a Mosin M44 - $140. This was pretty much constant across the whole show. One of them had a VERY unusual stock; it was light, light blond. Really light. Almost white, with straight tight grain.
Interesting discovery: All versions of the SKS were difficult to find, and prices were high when they were encountered. Going rate for a Norinco Paratrooper SKS - $400 (!), while a regular Norinco with spike bayonet was $280. No Yugos present. Only a handful of SKSs at the whole show.
Going rate for an "average" Garand - $1400 or so. Only a few dealers provided a detailed description of what the gun had - original barrel, stock, parts, etc. I suppose the rest figured caveat emptor, and figured if you couldn't tell yourself, too bad.
Going rate for an average Enfield - $400 or so. Same went for the Finn Mosins, and the Chilean Mausers, and the Argentine Mausers. Most were $400.
A lot of Aguila .22 ammo this time around, including some Eley Sport I'd never seen before. People were also scooping up that Wolf Match stuff by the brick and not looking back.
The Howa table was interesting, as always. Almost all of their display guns were in .308 Winchester this time, and all had silky smooth actions. I particularly liked the Varminter Supreme.
Reloading components were scarce this time also. Very, very little selection of powder. I was hoping to pick up some more RL-22, but only one table had powder at all, and he only had about six jars, mostly pistol powders. One table had a good supply of brass, and the .284 Win brass peaked my interested, to resize for 7.5 Swiss... but I passed. It was $33 per 100, I believe.
Saw a .30-40 Krag for $200, on the rougher side of average... and a .30-40 Krag carbine for $1500, in much nicer shape. Those two were getting a lot of looks, and were probably gone by the end of the day.
Saw a beautiful Uberti copy of a Winchester '73 in .44-40, the Sporting version... but at $1400 or so, way out of my range. Is that price average?
Lastly, I saw a great stainless Browning A-Bolt in .375 Holland and Holland, but at $900 it was also out of my range.
As for non-rifles, the going rate for a Glock 17 is about $575-600 new, $500 used. I'm in the market for one, so I stopped to check at each booth.
That's all I can remember at the moment, as far as guns go. The usual patches, stickers, targets, jerky, books and whatnot were present.
