So, I just got back from my first gun show here in Albany, OR.
Don't have much of anything to compare it to, but, I'm not impressed.
I expected to see deals! Instead, I see SAR's to the tune of $400, a "Special Gun Show Low Price" Bushmaster AR-15 A3 for $969 (exact same rifle selling for $850 or so at Sportsman's Whorehouse in Salem, OR), and a myriad of other things (I don't proclaim to be an expert, so clue me in if I'm off-base. These things looked odd):
A "pre-ban" Chinese AK-47 in pistol-grip configuration. I can't comment on the buttstock or the forearm, as I don't know one type of wood from the other, but the burgandy leather/whatever pistol grip didn't look US made. The AK-74 style muzzle brake was there. There's also the fact that the rifle was a MAK-90 Sporter that led me to believe this rifle wasn't quite legit. Looked to me like someone had tried to scrape off the "MAK-90 Sporter" markings on the receiver. Had a 30-rd mag with a rib on the back - I thought Chinese mags weren't ribbed? This was also the same dealer that was trading a handgun for a property receipt to a Sheriff's Deputy who's a friend of the family - I couldn't talk to him there, but I'll find out what was up with that.
Another dealer, VogArms (
www.vogarms.com) was in attendance with a "pre-ban" NHM-91. Had a wooden clubfoot buttstock, wooden forearm, and what appeared to be a Yugo M-76 pistol grip on it.
Now, I realize that a MAK-90 and NHM-91 are pre-1994 ban guns, but usually pre-ban is meant to indicate the earlier (1986? 1989?) ban, yes??
I don't know what parts were in these rifles, but I'd feel pretty confident that they weren't quite legal.
On a better note, I found a dealer there, based out of Salem, OR, that's selling cases of Wolf 7.62x39 for $74.99 (1000rd cases, HP and FMJ).
If you're interested, I'll dig up his URL out of all the business cards I grabbed. He says this is his regular price.
Beats anyone else I've seen yet.