Gun Show Report

I went to the gun show today and wanted to give a report. I did not want to fight the crowd but I needed some small rifle primers. We got there an hour early and by opening time the line was probably 300 yards long. I found my primers and it pained me to pay $40 per 1000.
Most AR's were $1700 and up however I did see one booth had complete 'no name' AR's for $970, not bad in today's market.
I saw a booth selling Rock River complete lowers for $399..... not too bad in today's market.

Ammo was outrages. 20 round boxes of 7.62 X 39  and 223 which used to be about $ 6 (Wolf, Bear etc) was now $12.  I also saw 'bricks' of 22 ammo (500 rounds) which sell for less than $20 at Walmart were selling between $40 and $75......and I do mean selling.
Before the show opened the guy in line behind me stopped another person walking up with 2 'bricks' of 22 ammo who wanted $80 for both, he could not get his money out fast enough and bought it.
At the reloading table I saw 150gr .308 bullets (pulled) selling for $100 per 500.......I passed.
AR mags were at least $25 everywhere I looked, I was glad I did not need any.
Needless to say not many deals,
Duke out.

Weekend Gun Show.

Those who was reading Senior's post know we had a gun show Saturday, I actually expected a bumper crowd and extra high prices, I was surprised it was not as bad as I anticipated, maybe it was because it was mainly collectors and military buffs and the facility was large but there was bargains to be had but you had to know what to look for.

I picked up this stock for my 'United Postal Meter' M1 Carbine for $15. (The old one was messed up before I got it years ago)
Not a bad deal considering it still had the but plate and all attaching hardware.











I have always had a fondness for old revolvers and found this Victory model S&W  38 Special for $200 (after haggling over the price), the bluing is very worn but the action is good and not worn out. I may clean it up and re-blue it and use it as a shooter. 










It had some stag handle grips which I will use on something else however the numbers all match on the rest of the gun. The Victory models are basically a pre-model 10, primarily in 38 special (some were made in 38 S&W) produced during WWII for security work, the military and many were loaned to the Allies and returned after the war, they are getting to be collectible.

File Photo

 The easy way to spot these is the lanyard ring however many were removed after the war and the holes plugged to make them look civilian along with different grips installed but the other tell tail sign is the "V" prefix in the serial number.