Well..Another Gun Show Weekend

[skeet]

Doin a gun show in the home area this weekend. Guess I'm gonna find out how bad the local economy is...or...hopefully .how good.We're gonna see just how good a gun salesman Nobama is this weekend. I need to find a nice 22-250 or 220 Swift myself..and I have 6 44 mags to put on the tables to see if I can attract a trade. LOL!! 44s really sell good here(I hope). And I am still lookin for a 4 inch S&W model 57 41 mag..Maybe one day..

[Larryjk]

skeet, In your show travels do you see any S&W model 10-7? This is the model 10 with the standard barrel versus the heavy barrel. I have a "like new" model 10 -6 that I would like to trade for a 10-7, realizing I will have to give some "to boot". Maybe we can do some business!

[skeet]

Larry.. I really don't look for S&W 10s. I'll do some lookin gin the morning though..before all the people get comin in. I missed a really nice S&W M-34-1 22 kit gun today..4 inch and realy nice..shoulda bought it for the asking price(425) but didn't!! Does the 10-6 sell for less than the 10-7?? Had a really nce S&W 58 41 mag offered to me today..by a new import from New Jersey but 900 bucks is waaayyy more than I want to put in one. I do realize they are somewhat rarer than the 57s..

[skeet]

Acquisitions today..bought a fair lookin Ruger Single Six with one cylinder(22 mag) for 180..Also got another black rifle with a bunch of extras for 650..Guy never shot it..16 inch carbine with all kinds a Picatinny stuff..whatever in h311 that all is..scope mounts 4 mags papers and hard case..like I need it..but I am afraid that they are short timing..but I hope not.

Sold a bunch a little stuff...powder primers etc etc..bullet moulds and dies. Also sold a Kinda rough Rem 11 with a cutts for a fair price of 150 bucks and a Really nice Rem 788 in 6mm for 650. Think the Kimber 8400 in 25-06 is sold..oh and I sold an O3A3 in pretty nice condition for 525. Glad that thing is GONE. Got a couple of guys interested in the S&W M-29-2 44 mag..and one interested in the 29-3..whichever goes first the other will stay.. The 29-2 is like new..and priced accordingly And a guy REALLY wants the Highway Patrolman first year 5 screw gun.. I have 550 on it and won't come down on it..but it is nice. Guy came to the table today with a boxed S&W 44 magnum..first year..heck one of the first 50..and it is as new..but he wants 2600 bucks...I am still tempted. Oh and my kinda partner went to a pawn shop 40% off sale this AM and got me two rifles..Both Ruger 77 Mk IIs one in 243 with trashco scope..not a scratch on it for 300 bucks and another 77 in 300 Win Mag for just under 300 bucks..Almost as new but no rings..but I have a set of them

[wrenchman]

Gun show seasen does not realy kick in had till after deer seasen here

[skeet]

Well did really well for a small gun show so far. Sold a bunch today. Bought a couple more and sold 'em.. The 44 Mag Smith is getting closer to my price..Down to 2300.,. If he gets to 2000 I'm gonna buy it. Maybe even 2100. Sold the Ruger 22 Mag Single Six for 250..and I intended to keep it. I sold 30,000 primers today. Think things are gettin a little scary for some people. One felow said he thought they were gonna restrict reloading components.. Possible I guess but I hope not.

[Larryjk]

skeet, The S&W Model 10-6 is the heavy barrel version and the 10-7 is the standard weight barrel version. There are less of the 10-7 so I will assume they are higher priced.
They are a little special to me since I trained with a 10-7, and to me they just point naturally. I haven't seen one for awhile and I would like to correct thaat gap in my revolvers.

[skeet]

I got a chance to look around the show and nothing in the M-10-6 or 7. I was very busy most of the time so only had short windows of opportunity for lookin.

This little gun show surprisingly was the best show I have had in quite a while. Sold a bunch of stuff. an awful lot of the little items I like to move. And surprisingly I got to buy little of the items I like to buy. The smaller stuff is where the most profit is for me..reloading bullet casting etc. I sold almost 30 moulds and bought none. Also sold 51 thousand primers. I need to get more soon. Lots of powder too..

As for acquisitions..in the line of guns..The Ruger which I sold pretty quickly the First Black Gun which sold easily another DPMS AR-15 which I didn't try to sell and lastly A fellow came in and bought a Para Ordnance P-12 I REALLY didn't need. Came back a bit later and came to my table with a nice AR-15. Asked if I would be interested in buying it. Sure course I'm interested. Looked it over and it was a mil Spec receiver(very Mil Spec if you know what I mean) with a Colt upper. Good trigger and nice condition 2 Colt Mags and one of the reflex sights Fiji just sold.Asked him how much and he said 400. I asked if he would take 375 and he left it at the table.. I figured the upper was worth the price so think I did good. As far as sales..Handguns were sure selling but only sold 4 long guns. I did come back home with the Kimber..and I got another Dillon loader..A SDB in 45 auto..for a bit too much...but pretty good condition.. Gonna load a bunch of 45 auto and send her down the road. I got the impression that people are buying up reloading supplies in a bit of a hurry. Little bit of worry about the gummit clamping down on Tactical items..DUH!! All in all a pretty good weekend..but a LOT of work. Nother show next week in Bozeman Montana. I'll look up there for a Model 10-7

[Catfish]

To bad we don`t live closer. I have a like new 22-250 Savage Axis that is a good shooter. For a cheap gun it really supprised me how good it does shoot. The problem is it just don`t shoot fast enough for me. I carry eather a 224 TTH or a 6-284 for long shots. But that may change soon am I now have the 30 in. barrel and reamer to put together a 6mm on the 300 WSM case.

[skeet]

Ya know Catfish..I've heard good things about that rifle too. Probably be a rifle to use and carry around in the hard country. I come through Ohio ever now and again..Maybe in March I have a few good things to pick up back East around then Think I'm gonna go to the Shot Show comin up soon.

[FIJI]

I'm looking for a 22-250 !!

(just drove back through Ohio yesterday too)


If its looking for a home, lets talk

[buckhunter]

I'm looking for a nice 20ga Semi Auto Shotgun. Really like the Benelli line but wow. Getting too old to lug around the 12. Like the 11-87 but its 7 1/4lbs. Franchi is about 5 3/4 lbs which is a possibility. Need to get out and check them out.

Skeet- I have a old Ithica o/u Model 500 or 550 (I believe it may be a SKB with Ithaca's name in it). It was bored skeet and skeet (nice) however I had Colonial chokes installed. I have 5 ckoke tubes F, M, IC and 2 skeet for it. Right now its only a lead shot deal but you can get steel choke tube for it. Any idea what that might be worth?

[skeet]

Buckhunter that is an SKB. Nice guns. Condition is everything. The chokes hurt the value..believe it or not. But since it is a 20 ga not as much as a 12..20's aren't used waterfowling as much as 12s...Oops..I assumed it was a 20.. Is it a 12? Ithaca imported those guns quite a few years ago. I sold a bunch back in Md. The nicest of the whole bunch was a 20 28 and 410 combo(2-3 thousnad now). They made the 500 and 600 and a higher grade but you never saw many of them. Without seeing condition almost impossible to give a value but in the range of 450-600 little less in 12 with the chokes..Blue receiver or Silver? Silver a bit more..The chokes lose some value in book form but the average shooter would like having them..Oh Bbl length? 26 or 28..they made both..longer is better.. I really liked the guns. Never kept one long..and for shooting in the field...almost useless for me..I liked at LEAST 3 shells. LOL.

Another show this weekend and then I am hoping to stay away from the gun show thingie for a while. They are a LOT of work...cept when I am buying little stuff....and not selling.

[skeet]

Originally Posted by buckhunter

I'm looking for a nice 20ga Semi Auto Shotgun. Really like the Benelli line but wow. Getting too old to lug around the 12. Like the 11-87 but its 7 1/4lbs. Franchi is about 5 3/4 lbs which is a possibility. Need to get out and check them out.

Buckhunter.. I am assuming much but..as for carrying a shotgun in the field..Put a sling on it. I've done that since the 60's Cause for most of your time in the field it isn't necessary to carry in your hands. even when quail hunting I carried the gun over my shoulder bbl pointed down left hand on the forend..quick enough mounting to shoot a couple on an unexpected covey rise. I agree a 20 is an easier gun to shoot in our older years.. I quite often hunt with a 1100 G3 20 ga..only made it for a couple of years..but it is a really nice shotgun. and yep..even though it is a limitied edition type of shotgun..I put sling swivels on it..BTW if you put a sling on..use Quick Detach on it..that way when dove hunting or waterfowling you can take it off. less'n you are walking a stream for ducks. Also BTW the gun goes butt up in the back of your shoulder sling in front. left hand on the forend. bring the bbl towards the right when mounting and turn the gun upright on the way around. quicker than carrying the gun cradled in your left arm like ya see in the pictures. I shot 2 cock birds(pheasants) on one rise last week that way...but I did see one as he crouched just before he took off

[buckhunter]

Thanks Skeet. It is a nice gun but I got the 20 ga bug. The SKB is 12ga, 2 3/4 chamber and a silver receiver. Condition is I'd guess about 92%. It does have the origional finsh and it isn't bang up. I almost hate to part with it.


As a kid not one used slings on their shotguns now almost everybody does. I have them on everything but the o/u. Just couldn't do it.