Sigh…
27 hours on the road to get to Tulsa for the big ‘shew’… Met up with AEpilotJim, at the big Tulsa gun show, and all I can say is O.M.G…
The prices… They BURN!!!
Like STUPID burn… I dunno what these people are thinking (if they are), but a ‘random’ sampling just up on the top section elicited the following:
Colt Pythons/Diamondbacks- $3000-4000
1903 Hammerless Colts- $1200-2400
SAA Colts- $8000 and up
S&W pistols (mostly at S&W collector tables), $2000 and up, one “registered” S&W I saw was $5500 for a well used gun.
Old (1873/1882/1894) Winchesters $4000-$37,000.
Colt Mfg 1921 Thompson submachine gun $37,500 plus $750 for ONE drum mag.
OTOH, lots of ‘cheap’ ARs some down around $750 for complete guns, but manufacturers I’ve NEVER heard of.
Ammo prices were semi-reasonable, bunches of cheep scopes, tac lights, green lasers, red lasers, and more junk that you can shake a stick at to hang off ARs…
Looked like a LOT of lookers and very few buyers. Talking to some of the folks I know that have had tables up here for years, all of them to a person are amazed at the prices too!
One question for my readers, does anybody know what a R stamped on the trigger guard of an IBM M-1 Carbine signify? Tried looking it up in the books today at the show and couldn’t find anything… I know a bunch of them were reworked at Red River back in the day, and I was wondering if anyone knows what RRAD used as an arsenal mark???
That’s some serious coin!
One of my hot-rod buddies always called insane prices like that “vanity prices”.
You can say your gun/car/airplane is “worth” $xxx, but until somebody PAYS you that amount, it’s “worth” exactly $0!
Ouch! I can’t help on the markings, but I can help on the prices when I say “REALLY?!?!?”
We call those “proud” prices, such as “He’s really proud of that Glock for $700, isn’t he?”
This is why I’ve stopped going to gun shows. I can usually do better elsewhere.
Oh, ouch. I have to say, been there done that. Those prices are “I don’t want to sell, but will for this price.”
Last two Colorado shows I’ve attended had high prices. Suspect these folks were speculators who now own stuff for too much.
A friend with me made some good buys on blades. Bought a new Gerber hand axe for $20.
As far as I know, RRAD used RRAD for an arsenal mark.
Maybe an inspectors stamp?
You’re sure it’s an IBM?
Underwood would stamp a little flaming bomb symbol on their trigger guards.
Maybe Rock-ola decided to do something similar?
heard a rumor from my FFL about gun prices. apparently new prices are going to skyrocket in the next couple of months…maybe the used guns are starting to jump already?
If all the dealers at the Show were holding firm to their Prices, then it’s a Problem. If they were willing to dicker down to what you think is a Fair Price, not a Problem.
But you’ve reached that Godawful Point in your Life, Shipmate, when you can remember buying the Same Exact Gun NEW at the Store 30 years ago for “X” Dollars. I have to deal with it all the time when I hit the shows, and it sucks.
However, it is fun to tell one of those “Weekend Warriors” that you can get the Brand New Version of that same gun for a lot less than what they are charging. And the Look on their Faces when you produce the Ad is Priceless.
It’s kind of like the still overinflated housing market. Just as some people think their house is “special”, and warrants a higher price, these people think their gun is “special” and warrants an inflated price.
drjim- Yep… sigh…
Keads- I did a LOT of head shaking.
DB- Yep, and they won’t sell much
45- Nah, they are just being stupid at THOSE prices…
WSF- I’m beginning to think you are correct!
MSGTB- I got confirmation it was RRA… Thanks! and your second is also correct, it is a Rockola trigger guard!
Laura- Naw, these are just idjits, hoping to make big bucks…
Les- Yeah, we were chatting about that yesterday…LOL
drjim- And they can KEEP em… 🙂
Bingo!
I feel so much smarter now!
I can see the blog post in my head now..”One day, while I was teaching OldNFO a thing or two about M1’s…”
MSGTB- I ‘know’ how much I don’t know, and I’m ALWAYS willing to admit it 🙂
You should read “Murder in the Gun Room” by H. Beam Piper. It’s his only non-SF novel, and available free on Gutenberg.
The prices mentioned will make you salivate, and weep, they are so low.
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