BruceB
03-23-2014, 12:36 AM
NVCurmudgeon and I attended this show today.
Maybe we are easily impressed, but neither of us are rookies and we were quite happy with the experience. It was FAR better than previous shows we've seen under the same brand name.
Prices were generally not too bad, in our estimation, and I saw several guns that could EASILY have come home with me:
-Model 39 S&W 9mm, in as-new condition......asking $600
- US Krag infantry rifle (30" barrel) excellent exterior, asking $625..... dealer said bore was "pretty good" but I didn't look
-US Krag CARBINE...dealer said it's a DCM (NRA) carbine, but it's not a cutdown rifle like the NRA/DCM carbines are....proper carbine sights and stock, all markings correct, good bore...asking $500!!! This one REALLY tugged at my heart! A similar carbine elsewhere in the show was tagged at ...ready?.... $2850!!!
-An Israeli .223 Galil rifle, as-new, $3000..... lovely piece
-"genuine TRW M-14", asking $3000 but I didn't bother with close examination. The last REAL TRW I bought in Canada cost me $192. Them were the days! (1985?)
-Trapdoor Springfields, several in nice condition for well under $1000. I still "need" a Trapdoor!
- several ex-military FAL rifles, mostly Austrian STGs, asking $1100... not bad pricing IF the bores are decent
-Interesting visit with a gent from "Maverick Arms", which makes major AR15 components. He had receivers in various stages of completion, from raw material to finished receivers. The quality looked like jewelry! The price for finished receivers was just $200, and they looked like screaming bargains to me.
-One crook had bags of 7.62 NATO brass, 100 cases per bag. Brace yerselfs...FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS for 100 cases!!! He wasn't even wearing a mask, but he should have been,
-Not much .22 LR to be seen.
Anyway, we had an interesting four hours or so, working our way through the show. There were loads of other neat stuff, but the above were some of the things I recall right now.
NVC bought 1000 CCI primers for about $30 from Miwall, not too bad, and a box of .22 Hornet bullets from another dealer.
It was well-worth the admission cost.
Maybe we are easily impressed, but neither of us are rookies and we were quite happy with the experience. It was FAR better than previous shows we've seen under the same brand name.
Prices were generally not too bad, in our estimation, and I saw several guns that could EASILY have come home with me:
-Model 39 S&W 9mm, in as-new condition......asking $600
- US Krag infantry rifle (30" barrel) excellent exterior, asking $625..... dealer said bore was "pretty good" but I didn't look
-US Krag CARBINE...dealer said it's a DCM (NRA) carbine, but it's not a cutdown rifle like the NRA/DCM carbines are....proper carbine sights and stock, all markings correct, good bore...asking $500!!! This one REALLY tugged at my heart! A similar carbine elsewhere in the show was tagged at ...ready?.... $2850!!!
-An Israeli .223 Galil rifle, as-new, $3000..... lovely piece
-"genuine TRW M-14", asking $3000 but I didn't bother with close examination. The last REAL TRW I bought in Canada cost me $192. Them were the days! (1985?)
-Trapdoor Springfields, several in nice condition for well under $1000. I still "need" a Trapdoor!
- several ex-military FAL rifles, mostly Austrian STGs, asking $1100... not bad pricing IF the bores are decent
-Interesting visit with a gent from "Maverick Arms", which makes major AR15 components. He had receivers in various stages of completion, from raw material to finished receivers. The quality looked like jewelry! The price for finished receivers was just $200, and they looked like screaming bargains to me.
-One crook had bags of 7.62 NATO brass, 100 cases per bag. Brace yerselfs...FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS for 100 cases!!! He wasn't even wearing a mask, but he should have been,
-Not much .22 LR to be seen.
Anyway, we had an interesting four hours or so, working our way through the show. There were loads of other neat stuff, but the above were some of the things I recall right now.
NVC bought 1000 CCI primers for about $30 from Miwall, not too bad, and a box of .22 Hornet bullets from another dealer.
It was well-worth the admission cost.