41magsnub
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I'm a few years out of date on Montana guns shows and as such was a little disappointed by the Missoula gun show this weekend. If I remember right the Great Falls show next weekend is the big one for the state, is that right?
What was disappointing about the Missoula show was that I had a very specific shopping list and did not find anything on it in any condition: Garand Multitool, garand buttstock cleaning kit (to have, not to use), appropriate sling, and some of those little grease pots. The stock has those holes, ought to put something in them! There has always been at least one military collector guy at every gun show I have gone to that has bins and bins of surplus stuff like that.
I did have a good time over all, bought some .223 and .41 mag factory ammo and fondled a M&P .40 I haven't yet convinced myself to buy. I was just amazed about the lack of surplus stuff. On a positive note there was no nazi/aryan nation junk either. The required tables for beef jerky, beanie babies (not sure if there were really beanie babies, it just sounds good), jewelry and magnetic healing trinkets were there.
Anyone know if the Great Falls show has a better chance of having what I am looking for? I can always do a road trip and visit the parents. I haven't been to that show in a decade since I lived there but remember it being enormous.
What was disappointing about the Missoula show was that I had a very specific shopping list and did not find anything on it in any condition: Garand Multitool, garand buttstock cleaning kit (to have, not to use), appropriate sling, and some of those little grease pots. The stock has those holes, ought to put something in them! There has always been at least one military collector guy at every gun show I have gone to that has bins and bins of surplus stuff like that.
I did have a good time over all, bought some .223 and .41 mag factory ammo and fondled a M&P .40 I haven't yet convinced myself to buy. I was just amazed about the lack of surplus stuff. On a positive note there was no nazi/aryan nation junk either. The required tables for beef jerky, beanie babies (not sure if there were really beanie babies, it just sounds good), jewelry and magnetic healing trinkets were there.
Anyone know if the Great Falls show has a better chance of having what I am looking for? I can always do a road trip and visit the parents. I haven't been to that show in a decade since I lived there but remember it being enormous.
Haven't even bothered for a year or more.
