Worked the club gun show today

had a little chance to wall around , people are still asking crazy amounts for primers one guy wanting 20 dollars per 100 primers or 200 a brick

apparently they didn't get the memo that Farm and Fleet a few miles away had 9mm for 18 a box of 50 and Fleet farm had a fair about at 22 for 50 rounds because 30 was what most seemed to have on the not selling 9mm ammo they had.

lots of people very proud of their goods an anything that was fairly priced seemed to be selling but there wasn't a lot of it.

@DannyClifton the Venue requested only people with CCL carry loaded in the building so at the front door gun check station if you were carrying just show your CCL and keep your loaded ccw gun where it is , a reminder to keep it holstered or take it to your car to clear it and bring it back in to be checked clear at the check table.


I got the deal of the show , well I thought so spent $2 on new pair of slip join pliers and 6 on a used pair of channel locks they get 20 at the hardware store for the channel locks and they were hardly used.

saw one guy bring in a really nice Remington 1917 Mosin Nagant , was going to make him an offer on it until I looked down the barrel I should have probably offered him 100 the rest of it being so nice but the barrel was a sewer pipe which is a real shame for what looked to be an all original Remington Mosin hex receiver with decent wood.
the US ones had a flip up long range sight that the Russians never had and a much finer front sight

These are the kinds of "deals" I find at gunshows. This was a pre-64 model 70 after I removed the scope base. Sometimes an education is expensive.

I have too many Mosins....Lol I have made good bank parting out some bad bore rifles like that. Many almost cherry rifles out there a guy needs a part for. Mosins are strange, I have seen clean bores keyhole at 100 and crappy bores shoot well.

my son had longer to walk around , he wasn't working , he was listening though seeing the ammo prices and hearing vendors complain no one is buying ammo

they apparently haven't been watching more recent availability and are holding on for last years price

Ouch

you have to wonder what they did to get that to crack

that should be the strongest part

I think they did that with an easy out, homemade one, pound it in to a broken screw trying to turn it out.

They might be some of the same folks who bought pallets of it during the panic and then tried to sell it on sites like GunBroker for prices that were in the neighborhood of prison rape.

If so, they can choke on it.

Mike

X2 couldn't agree more

The rifle had been rebarreled to 35 Whelen and I knew that. My guess is the barrel wasn't turned down quite enough and it happened when it was screwed on. I got lucky.....If I would have had Redfield rings I would have mounted a scope and shot it. I didn't have the right rings so I changed bases and discovered it.

that would make the most sense the pressure to expand and crack would have had to been a lot , must have been hanging on that action wrench , although a wedge does make efficient work.

They can keep it then

yup never been a good show for ammo don't think I have bought any at the club show in the decade or more I have worked them, bought some brass , bought some guns , knives , surplus clothing but never ammo.

I work my post doing security hours worked reduce annual dues.
have gotten to know a fair number of the dealers over the years

I agree they can all choke on their over priced ammo and 20 dollar a 100 primers

I just used the last of my 20 dollar a thousand primers and the box I am on was 34.95 unfortunately I don't have many at that price and they are all up from there.

I was buying 3K CZ primers every time I hit Cabellas then CZ had to up and have an explosion in 2014 and then no more primers I just wish I had visited more cabella's but the nearest one was over an hour they seemed to be the only place selling CZ primers and on sale they were 19.99

On Target Sporting Arms has primers up the wazoo for sale... You can even buy in 5k quantity.

But don't look at the price if you have a heart condition.

I have about 10k in various sizes but I'd like to have about 5k of the CCI BR2's... Just have to sell my Saudi oil well first.

Mike

they look to be in Brisbane Australia
shipping and import might be a bear also

I just keep checking every where I am passing by

scored 600 at fleet farm the other day

they keep them in a locked case and you have to ask , guy asked how many you want?

all of them if you don't mind

sure

there were only 600 Federal small rifle match 7.78 a 100 but it was primers

I would feel bad about buying them all but I am too low on primers for that

A guy on another forum directed me to On Target... I didn't even pay attention to where they were located. Lol. Or I'm thinking of another site with Target in the name. I'm known to do that.

Heck, that guy might've been from Australia too. Lol.

I've been pretty considerate about not buying everything on the shelf... But if I come back a few days later and it's still there I take it all... I gave others a chance.

Mike

Grandkids are outside shooting their bows. They wanted to shoot their guns again today. They are on spring break. I wish I could take them shooting as much as they want too. Replacing ammo is just not easy.

Danny , at least 22lr is available enough right now just not cheap running about 45 a brick

Mike , I get to fleet maybe twice a month if that , so no stopping back if it is there ny bank account keeps me from hording , 600 isn't hording levels if they had 6K and I bought al of them that might take me to hoarding levels

they did have lots of loaded ammo , Ammo inc is definitely helping ammo supply in WI now that they are up and running

I think you may be thinking of Target Sports USA. They have had primers for $600 per 5,000. They are in Connecticut I believe.