What's the most overpriced firearm you've seen at a gunshow?

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Myself: Mosin-Nagant M44 carbine for $400. Billed as a "rare Russian rifle". Must have been Stalin's personal weapon:D
 
Worst I have ever seen

I was at a gun show up in Minneapolis. There was a guy there with allot of Lorcins, and Jennings firearms. They were priced a little high for what a person gets, but the worst was a Russian Makarov that was beat all to hell he was asking $299 for. My local dealer is selling really nice Makarovs dor $119
 
Baby Browning, Blued, about 80%, nothing special, NOT rennaissance.

$900.00

Seller: High on Dope!

Colt Python, 4", blued, dragged thru gravel behind pick-up truck on a chain, "rare" 1964 model with a "K" prefix (huh???).

$1400.00

Seller: Mentally Challenged
 
Old Marlin 99 with a badly dinged cheap 4x scope, obviously bent barrel & mag tube, cracked stock for $225.
 
At the Crossroads of the West show last weekend I saw a Turkish Mauser going for the low low price of $225. Vendor probably didnt have much luck offloading that with the J&G sales table selling em for like $60.

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The MOST? Hard to say, but I've seen $450 FEG hi-powers, a Colt Lawman in blue, nothing special, $375, a 6" M29-3 (the least desirable of them all, IMHO) for $650.

The worst deal I ever saw considered at a show was a kid about to trade his BAR in .30-'06 with Leupold VX-III straight up for a Remmy 700ADL synthetic w/ cheap scope up on see-thru mounts 'cause it was a 7mm by-golly Magnum and would kill more deer deader than his '06.

Glad he re-thunk it. I was almost tempted to intervene. Almost.
 
Pro'bly EVERYTHING!!!!!:what:

Or at least ANYTHING I take the time or interest to look at...:(
 
chinese AK Pre-ban with a 30 round mag an a paratrooper stock.

the guy wanted close to a thousand for it..........

i thought that was a little high correct me if im wrong
 
Not at a Gun Show, but I saw a Airsoft M16 that some sob wanted $1800 for....

The Manufacturer sells it directly for only $300....
 
How about 26 garnd for a BAR? Course it was made by Colt and was full auto.

Biggest mark-up I've seen was a FEG 2nd gen Hi-power for $450, there were other tables at the show selling them for $225.

I recall someone in my family actually paying $650 for a mini-14.
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A guy at the OGCA recently had a double barrel, sxs, bolt action rifle that he wanted $230,000. It was interesting, but he probably bought it in Europe for about $15,000. There is another guy from Portsmouth, Ohio who has a lot of "collector grade" pieces. Unfortunately, his prices are about double what they should be. He sells to people who don't know any better.
 
willyjixx,

chinese AK Pre-ban with a 30 round mag an a paratrooper stock.

the guy wanted close to a thousand for it..........

i thought that was a little high correct me if im wrong
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Actually, depending on the variant, that might not be an unusual asking price. Some Polytechs trade well on the north side of the One-Kay mark these days.


Mine was an HK91 in outstanding shape with carry handle, shell deflector, three 20-rd mags & one 5-rd mag (all w/matching date codes), and both stocks for the princely asking sum of $2900. I beat him down a few hundred and bought the package. :uhoh: :eek:
 
EVERYTHING pre-ban. All those $500 guns with those $800 (err, $5..) bayo lugs (you'll die when TSHTF without a bayo!) and $800 (err, $30...) folding stocks (Gee, you can't - pick one - make that para jump, fight that CQB, shoot it the cool way like a pistol, without that FOLDER!)
To each his own, but I'll put the extra 1-2 grand into ammo and practice instead.
 
Best (worst?) I've ever seen was a set of four Perazzi shotguns, in 12ga., 20ga., 28ga. and .410, superbly finished, engraved, gold-inlaid and stocked. The asking price for the set? A mere $280,000.00...

(Did I mention that I didn't buy them? Left my credit card at home that morning... :D )
 
The last gunshow I was at, there was a guy sitting on the chairs in the middle of the show with a Chinese SKS. I was looking for an SKS at the time so I asked how much. I was thinking about $150 tops because the Yugo SKSs were selling for $99-150 at the time. He wanted $450 but he said he was willing to deal. I said that I didn't think I was even close and thanked him and walked.

BTW, I got a NEW never issued Yugo SKS for $149 delivered to my door a few weeks later. Those Chinese SKSs are really ugly and look like crap next to the Yugo.
 
I recently saw a HK94 that was in so-so condition ( w/ no extras, including mags) for the unbelievably low,low price of $5,500!!!! :what:

I told the seller that he should step away from his crack pipe! He wasn't amused. :uhoh:
 
SPAS-12, fixed stock, short mag tube, at an Indy 1500 a while back. $2200 and it could have been mine. I was packing around one of my SPAS with a folder, arm hook, long tube and spreader asking $1400...the guy didn't seem pleased by that fact. :confused:
 
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