A local Gunshow Find:

[Old Ironsights]

The 22nd annual Memorial Weekend Wyoming Weapons Collectors Gun Show had... more Leverguns than Black Guns or Bolts. (More handguns than everything, but RACKS of Levers... from OMG OEM NOS to Truck Levers...)


I'm not buying right now (though I brought along a $1200 appraised trade piece just in case) but did come away with some goodies.


8lb of W296 for a flat $165 (most everywhere it's that plus shipping or more) and a new signed/personalized hardbound copy of David Royal's "A Collector's Guide to the Savage 99 Rifle - and its predecessors the Model 1895 and 1899"


Had a nice chat with Mr. Royal about 99s and Murray's work. Unlike Murray, this is a gorgeous full color glossy and relied heavily on the help of Savage corp/John Callahan (Forward by Ronald Coburn, who helped him get access to the earliest available prototypes) the Buffalo Bill Cody Firearms Museum (allowing him to take photos), etc.


If you like Savages, this is a "gotta have" book.


http://www.davidroyalsavage99.com/


http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2...utSavage99.htm


http://www.amazon.com/Collectors-Gui.../dp/0764350269


http://www.schifferbooks.com/a-colle...1899-5926.html

[TXGunNut]

Sounds like an excellent show! Congrats on the book, looking forward to a report.

[M-Tecs]

I think the book will be a birthday present to my self next month.

[Scharfschuetze]

Was that the show in Riverton? That was always one of my favorite shows and my brother reports that two Savage Model 99s were purchased for his collection at the show this last weekend.

[Old Ironsights]

Was that the show in Riverton? That was always one of my favorite shows and my brother reports that two Savage Model 99s were purchased for his collection at the show this last weekend.

That's the one. But now that you know my haunts I may have to kill you. ... Fortunately, I'm easy to spot when I'm working... I'm the one in a kilt wielding a G3 and a Gladius.