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re: Gun Shows - good, bad, tips?
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:48 am to nukelaloosh
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:48 am to nukelaloosh
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Is it worth purchasing firearms there?
Only if you really, really know guns. There is a large show in Oklahoma that my son goes to and buys guns for the store he works at. He is like a gun encyclopedia, though.
The people from the store usually take around $250k with them to buy stuff. He is usually the "bag man." I don't know how he is comfortable walking around with that much cash.
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:13 am to jmarto1
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Remember when they had all those Mosin Nagants flying around? Wish I had one now
If I still had mine, I’d sell it again and buy something else
Posted on 6/29/26 at 10:00 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
It really depends on the show.
There is a gun show here in Memphis a couple of times a year. It truly sucks. Nothing worth even looking at. The show is catering to the people that come to the show.
Other shows in some smaller towns can be really good. In Tupelo, MS they have a show a few time a year and they're actually good. A couple of years ago I found an older Colt Python that was in pristine condition for a decent amount less than what they were going for at the time. FIL found a rifle that was really unique. It was a Surgeon rifle that was built under military contract but instead of .308 or .300 it was in .30-06. Only one ever made. Was order by some high ranking officer in the military and they had all the documentation.
As posted earlier there is a show in Tulsa every year that is huge. It's the largest in the country. It's 11 acres of booths. My FIL goes every year and brings home a lot of stuff. Stores from all over the country come there. This year, it was in April. The website says that they had over 4200 booths..
Wanenmacher's
There is a gun show here in Memphis a couple of times a year. It truly sucks. Nothing worth even looking at. The show is catering to the people that come to the show.
Other shows in some smaller towns can be really good. In Tupelo, MS they have a show a few time a year and they're actually good. A couple of years ago I found an older Colt Python that was in pristine condition for a decent amount less than what they were going for at the time. FIL found a rifle that was really unique. It was a Surgeon rifle that was built under military contract but instead of .308 or .300 it was in .30-06. Only one ever made. Was order by some high ranking officer in the military and they had all the documentation.
As posted earlier there is a show in Tulsa every year that is huge. It's the largest in the country. It's 11 acres of booths. My FIL goes every year and brings home a lot of stuff. Stores from all over the country come there. This year, it was in April. The website says that they had over 4200 booths..
Wanenmacher's
Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:23 am to RobertFootball
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saw a guy selling an Anderson lower
Now that they're closed,
Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:44 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:Yep, I really wish I'd have seen this coming sooner. The U.S. civilian market is functionally the world's surplus service rifle market, but our gun laws mean surplus rifle supply has been effectively fixed to stuff produced before the 1960s.
Something we should have all learned in the past 30 years is that when surplus is cheap, you should buy a bunch of it.
Now with the military using all select fire stuff I wonder if we'll ever see true surplus rifles for sale again.
Should have bought crates of SKSs and Mosins knowing that they were part of the last glut of surplus available.
Repealing the NFA and Hughes Amendment prohibitions would be amazing in general, but especially for the surplus market.
This post was edited on 6/29/26 at 11:46 am
Posted on 6/29/26 at 1:04 pm to RobertFootball
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I’m not making this all. 3 weeks ago I went to a gun show and saw a guy selling an Anderson lower (it was completed with mil spec parts) and he had $340 on it. I’m not kidding.
I guarantee he’s doing this because they’re now defunct.
Generally, these shows are just places where collectors pay a fee to setup their collections to show off. They all think every gun they have is some sort of rare gem. They’ll try to sell some clapped out parts kit Mosin for a grand because it was built during the war.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 11:06 am to nukelaloosh
Used to go with my dad when I was a kid. As others have said, used to have a lot of surplus rifles. I remember a good bit of WWII rifles. Now, mostly new and gimmicky crap. Not the same any more.
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