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Colt diamondback, 6”, 22lr, $5,000
!!!!!!!! That one had better have had fancy engraving, gold inlay, and a famous person's provenance. There is a 50/50 chance it has a bad barrel. It took me 43 years to get mine to shoot and it's only because I found a new barrel to put on it. I bought mine in 1978 and left it in the gun safe for 22 years unfired. About 20 years ago I went to shoot it before giving it to my son. It shot a 6" pattern at 25 yards. By this time Colt had gotten out of the revolver business and had no one to look at it. I sent it to one guy in Arizona and he charged me $150 to get some lead out of the barrel and chamfer the muzzle. It slightly improved the barrel but not by much. I was still getting 6" groups at 25 yards. I finally found a barrel and took it to Cylinder and Slide in Nebraska and they put the barrel on the gun. It still shoots poorly but now the groups are 2" at 25 yards. I had a friend who bought one at the same time I did in 1978 and he shot it right away. His shot the 6" groups as well. He sent it back to Colt and they told him the throat was cut wrong. My guess is he got a new barrel but they never told him that. Lesson learned. Just because it says Colt on it doesn't mean it's going to shoot good. Especially if it's from the 1970's. I would never pay anywhere close to $5000 for a Colt .22 Diamondback knowing what I know now. kwg
For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.
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Colt diamondback, 6”, 22lr, $5,000
!!!!!!!! That one had better have had fancy engraving, gold inlay, and a famous person's provenance. I bought (3) Colt Diamond back 22LR 6" revolvers LNIB on 2018-02-03 [at Pinto's with an estate sale where I was let in first] for $1495 [1969], $1600 [1981], and $1800 [1981].
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Campfire Kahuna
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I quit going many years ago, takes too much time, overpriced junk at the ones I’ve been to. Ditto...
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Campfire Tracker
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Slavek knows nothing of American gun shows. I read you can buy the following at many of them: jewelry, knives, surplus military clothing, meat sauces, sunglasses,...... Don't forget the scented candles, costume jewelry, and potpourri
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Campfire Tracker
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Almost always find a special gun at the shows I regularly attend. Allentown, Baltimore, Syracuse and a small, local Fire Company show that I never miss and has been nothing short of spectacular.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson
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Used to be a helluva great thing 25 years ago.
Sometimes I could buy a decent gun from someone
waiting in line outside to get in the door.
The yuppies and middle aged lookie loos have spoiled
gun shows in this region. All they do now is muddy the
water for a serious buyer with cash in hand.
I couldn't even begin to think of all the bargains I've
got on guns and knives and parts at gun shows
years ago. It's pretty much a waste of time and money
to go to one in this region in 2021
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The ones around here have always been overpriced, well used, and much of the time junk. Haven't gone in years, but used to go hoping to stumble on a deal. Never did though.
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Campfire Ranger
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the best thing you could do at a gun show is setup a gun swap in the parking lot across the street where all the people that brought a single gun for sale or trade can see what other reasonable people have for sale or trade
The last few guns shows I've gone to I've bought from individuals not tables.
Last edited by KFWA; 09/13/21.
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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The 70's and 80's were good times for Gun Shows. Today not so much. Prices are high and quality pretty low. Same goes for Pawn Shops. Once in a while a deal pops up.
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There was one down here in Mobile this weekend, and it was the same stupid crap. I guess there are enough suckers in this world to make it worth their time effort and expense to set up.
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The ever present 12 tables of Osprey scopes.
Has anyone actually seen anyone buy one of those things????
I haven't yet.....
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The little hotties they have selling back rollers or Tens machines.
In flirty girl mode attention mode....
Old guffers drawn to em like Sirens on the rocks in the ocean.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The guy selling 4 tables of Mil surp 1st schit.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The old guffer just showing his unobtanium priced rifles.
With a 3x5 card detailed write up on each one.
From show to show to show...
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The annoying as f u c k stun gun guy touching em off for anyone stupid enough to stop and look.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The cheap knife guy with the Rambo model 47 with compass stuff.
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I have picked up a very few at Gun Shows.................
Most sales/purchases take place in the aisles... NOT across the tables.
Yours going across the table is worth scrap Zinc prices, the one coming back at you is like Platinum..................
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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The lonely NRA guy with thick glasses and vietnamese pot bellied pig belly, is it a requirement they all vaguely resemble Wayne also??
You know that guy....
That everyone walks by as fast as possible and don't wanna make eye contact with....
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Campfire Ranger
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The cheap knife guy with the Rambo model 47 with compass stuff. I had one of those when I was 8 or so. Scared trout to death when I pulled it out to clean them. Never did have to sew myself up tho.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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The guy walking around with a IO Ak47 asking 1400 bucks for it.
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