Great day at OAC gun show.

[marlinman93]

The gun scare has really changed the attendance at our monthly collector's show. Seems even we have benefited from this hysteria by getting lots more folks in the door.
About 8:00 AM I stumbled onto a great buy on a 20x Fecker scope, then about 10 minutes later a friend walks up with a full sized Rolling Block sporting rifle rebarreled to .22LR and points me towards the seller. Price tag was $300, so I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough! Then as I'm paying for the Roller I see he has a beautiful professionally restored Winchester Hi Wall 1885 on his table too. .30-30 #3 round barrel, and scope blocks (just the place to mount the new Fecker!). So I made a deal on that also!
Now I have two new toys to play with, and maybe a new deer rifle for this fall if the Winnie shoots as good as it looks!

[TedH]

Good score!

[2ndovc]

Wow!!!

Neat stuff!!

jb

[jdad]

He left a few of the crumbs for me. I picked up a mint Lyman 422 Expert scope with the correct adjustable receiver mount and a pair of external adjustment mounts.

These are not as cool as that Ballard though.

click on the thumbnails

[airedaleman]

OH - MY - WORD! Good on you both. Vall, that Highwall is the cat's ankles. Let's see; I have dies, components...

[Mike D.]

Any decent post-1900 '86s? How were they priced?

[jdad]

No '86's, but tons of vintage military arms and handguns today. If you're a member of the Colt Collectors Assn. you have read the historian's, Lowell Pauli, article. He is one of our members and had 3 display cases of Woodsmen, Match Targets, Huntsmen and 1911's.

[marlinman93]

Yes there was one 1886, but it was a pre 1900 in .45-90 and asking price was $3750.

[pokey]

dang it ,

you did it again!

[Jaguarundi]

Sweet !!!

[bcp]

I didn't get there until 10:30. Now I see where all the good stuff went.

Didn't buy a thing.

Bruce

[Timothy]

There were a ton of 86's here in reno last weekend, mostly between $5-8000!

[kimwcook]

Ya done good, real good.

[Mike D.]

I have probably seen most of those very same 1886s at Reno in the past few years and observed very few that were actually fairly marked. Overpriced guns seldom sell and dealers drag the same ones around until they are plumb worn out from all the transport. All that changes is the price, which seems to escalate each time the gun is removed from it's case.

[Ysabel Kid]

Mental note. Must attend gun show with Vall. Be sure to walk in front of him...

[marlinman93]

I have probably seen most of those very same 1886s at Reno in the past few years and observed very few that were actually fairly marked. Overpriced guns seldom sell and dealers drag the same ones around until they are plumb worn out from all the transport. All that changes is the price, which seems to escalate each time the gun is removed from it's case.

When it comes to overpriced guns at Reno, the 1886 tops the list! I don't believe I've rarely seen a properly priced 1886 at Reno Hilton (Grand Sierra) gun show in probably 9-10 years! Unfortunately some of them do sell at crazy prices, and that's all it takes to encourage the others!

[Mike D.]

Vall, it's just that some folks have listened to what misleading information comes from some of these "dealers". They love to spout on about how "rare" these guns are, rare calibers, and all that silly nonsense. The survival rate of the 1886 is around 75% of the original 160,000 produced, and most are far from rare. With the exception of .38-70 and .40-70, there are many thousands of those guns available, so why are the prices so high? It's merely a selling ploy, and unfortunately there are many buyers who have not done their homework. These unsuspecting people reach for their wallets as soon as they are told some B.S. story that the seller tells them. I love to hear them backpeddle when you tell them more about the guns than they will ever know. Some will call you all kinds of liar, and others will just reply that "so and so told me this, so it has to be true". Basically, few will ever actually be interested enough in their guns to study a few basic facts about them. Some of these crooks have no business selling at gun shows. Reno is close enough to CA to be full of these ignorant types, too. CA gun, make that beef jerky and knife, shows seem to only be able to sell tables to these bonehead types. I can't stand 'em. Evidently, OR has a much better class of gunshow dealers.

[madman4570]

Great Finds, and they look awesome!!!

[marlinman93]

MikeD,
Gun dealers at the big beef jerky and jewelry "gun shos" are not much different here, and everywhere else. They espouse what makes their guns more attractive, and forget anything that might deter from inflating the prices of their wares.
Fortunately will do still have some quality small collectors gun shows, where people behind the tables love this hobby as much as those in front of the table, so it's not all about money. It's refreshing to see someone bring a gun into our show and get directed towards someone who can assist with whatever they want to know about their heirloom. Most the time I don't even hear the person behind the table ask if it's for sale.
I personally consider myself fortunate to belong to such a group where I can direct someone to a helpful guy and not have that person mad at me for doing so.

[jdad]

Case in point....

Sunday a guy brought in a bunch of single shots, for MM93 to appraise. He noticed that I was a "rimfire" guy and asked if he could bring those next month for me to look at.