skeet
03-17-2014, 12:34 AM
I did a small gun show a couple hours from home this weekend. I finally bought what I have been looking for..for about 5 years. Guy came in and told me he had a 41 Mag Smith & Wesson M-57 with my Holy Grail..a four inch bbl. I had to go take a look as it was in his car.. The gun was perfect for my purposes as I didn't want a collectible just a shooter. An early gun model 57 no dash...with not an N prefixed serial but an S prefix. Very tight..with some light blue wear from carrying by the owner while living in Alaska 12 miles from where I lived when I was up there. Big state..small world. Got the gun for a bit more than 600 bucks and he gave me 200 rounds of factory ammo.. Ya know...the old saying that even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and again..is really true
Report on the show..did ok in a small town. People wanted ammo. powder primers bullets handguns and lever action rifles..in that order..oh dies were somewhere in the middle there too. Sold 19 sets and 10 bullet moulds. Was offered a really pretty Smith Model 63 22 Kit Gun with a modicum of engraving..but 800 was more'n I wanted to pay. Cute little guns. Sold about 70 lbs of powder..and almost every primer I took with me. Bought another 27 lbs of powder and sold all of it but 3 lbs for my use in an hour..but my prices were very good. What I paid was very very good. It was IMR powders in metal cans..all sealed so had to buy it and then sell it. The guy gave me 9 other cans that had a bit of powder used from them..All different numbers which is wild. That nice gal that has a gun shop borrowed some stuff from me so she could supply a couple of GOOD customers. She returns the favors. A friend who loads ammo to sell got a table from me to sell at. He brought a pick up load(literally) and went back home with less than 50 boxes. Thought he was gonna have to issue numbers to his customers. He sold a LOT of ammo. More I could say..but getting late and I is tard..Oh..I bought a sluice box for gold panning this year. Just hadda have one. duh!! Ever hunt fer gold?? Ain't nutthin but WERK!!
Report on the show..did ok in a small town. People wanted ammo. powder primers bullets handguns and lever action rifles..in that order..oh dies were somewhere in the middle there too. Sold 19 sets and 10 bullet moulds. Was offered a really pretty Smith Model 63 22 Kit Gun with a modicum of engraving..but 800 was more'n I wanted to pay. Cute little guns. Sold about 70 lbs of powder..and almost every primer I took with me. Bought another 27 lbs of powder and sold all of it but 3 lbs for my use in an hour..but my prices were very good. What I paid was very very good. It was IMR powders in metal cans..all sealed so had to buy it and then sell it. The guy gave me 9 other cans that had a bit of powder used from them..All different numbers which is wild. That nice gal that has a gun shop borrowed some stuff from me so she could supply a couple of GOOD customers. She returns the favors. A friend who loads ammo to sell got a table from me to sell at. He brought a pick up load(literally) and went back home with less than 50 boxes. Thought he was gonna have to issue numbers to his customers. He sold a LOT of ammo. More I could say..but getting late and I is tard..Oh..I bought a sluice box for gold panning this year. Just hadda have one. duh!! Ever hunt fer gold?? Ain't nutthin but WERK!!